<p>BTW, college and university budget cuts are all in the Garrison Keeler Lake Wobeggon category. So far, every budget cut announced at every college and university in the world will have “no impact” on students, education, or financial aid. Amazing, isn’t it? Is this a great world, or what?</p>
<p>Sometimes these announcments are like falling through the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. For example, Amherst has scrapped plans to hire 15 of the previously approved faculty while increasing enrollment by 200 students, but claims there will be no impact on their 8-1 student/faculty ratio. They have also included a substantial financial aid savings in their budget, but claim this will not reduce the numbers of students receiving aid or the size of their aid packages. I guess I should have taken more college math to figure all that out!</p>