The Changing Face of UVM: Students and faculty take a stand against budget cuts
February 19, 2019
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News
Faculty and student outcry has followed cuts in certain College of Arts and Sciences’ programs due to declining enrollment. The faculty union, United Academics, held a teach-in Feb. 14 in front of Howe Library, while students participated with UA in letter-writing campaigns and distribution of posters cri...
Committee created to study new budget model
April 29, 2016
Due to recent concerns by faculty members, UVM has created a new committee to study the impact of the University’s new budgeting model. The Education Stewardship Committee, a joint group of the provost and the faculty senate, was created in August 2015 to monitor the impact of the incentive-b...
Clarification on new budget model
April 7, 2016
Filed under Letter to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor,I remain grateful for the continued interest and engagement in our transition to a new budget model. In response to the March 30, 2016 Cynic article on IBB, I’d like to provide the following thoughts and clarifications.I, too, share concern about access, affordability, resources and the ...
Professors criticize university budget plan
March 30, 2016
Faculty members are concerned departments may not get the resources they need due to UVM’s new incentive-based budgeting system. Incentive-based budgeting was developed in 2014 to combat the problems of the former budget model, which included “lack of transparency, little flexibility and few...
