<p>Is anyone else concerned about the budget cuts going on at UNC-CH right now?</p>
<p>The</a> Daily Tar Heel :: UNC School of Journalism unveils budget cuts</p>
<p>Not at all…UNC only receives 25% of their total funds from the state, which is significantly less than other UNC-system schools. Also, being North Carolina’s flagship university, the state will cut “underachieving” programs at other schools before they touch UNC, and then it would be some programs that have very few students/aren’t performing that well.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry.</p>
<p>Well If they’re making cuts to the J-School( my prospective major), that concerns me.</p>
<p>All UNC system school have been requested to develop budgets based on 10 pct reductions to state provided funds. For UNC this will be less painful since less of their funding comes from the state.</p>
<p>We shouldn’t underestimate the impact. These aren’t the first cuts, and most departments have slashed administrative and other costs quite deeply.</p>
<p>In many cases, all that’s left now to cut is pure academic stuff – meaning even bigger classes, and more taught by grad students etc.</p>
<p>You have to follow where the money comes from and where it goes. Out of the total budget a big chunk will be research which is money that cannot be touched as it came from outside for research only. When you look at the educational part of the school only about a third of the total budget will be spent on that. But most of the state funding and tuition go to pay for that. So a 10% cut in state funding can easily become a 20-30% cut in money for direct educational operations. They will use tuition increases to close that gap.</p>
<p>^ Except the college doesn’t control it’s tuition rates for 85% (?) of enrolled undergrads…</p>
<p>That could be a problem then. Hopefully the state will be understanding.</p>
<p>HUGE concern for us. Among other things, it leads to a widespread feeling of anxiety and gloom on campus. Have been in a similar situation, when I was an undergraduate back before the Flood. It’s not fun.</p>