Nobody beats Illinois on this - we have been without a budget for almost a year and may have to wait till after November for one. State contracts (for example from the DNR) for GAs and faculty doing research for the state are not being honored. The state is not paying the Monetary Assistance Program (MAP) grants that go to needy students. Community Colleges are laying off tenured faculty, and Chicago State University is preparing to shut down at the end of the month. At the same time, the state has already spent more than its revenues this year since consent degrees and court orders are forcing payments to almost all of its creditors besides higher ed.
-- Silvia Secchi Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Resources Faner Hall, Mail Code 4541 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Phone:(618)453-6020 Fax: (618)453-6465 Vous avez beau ne pas vous occuper de politique, la politique s'occupe de vous tout de même. Charles Forbes de Montalembert The way we organize the modern American university fragments our knowledge badly. Not only are we divided by discipline, but we are divided by the methods that scholars use. Elinor Ostrom ________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <[email protected]> on behalf of Brian Buma <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] state budgets and higher ed Hi Malcolm, Alaska is a good example - cuts have been proposed on the order of 10-20% (and more, if you count cuts in the last couple years). Programs have been lost already - fairly grim. --------------------------- Brian Buma, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology University of Alaska Southeast Ph: 907-796-6410 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.brianbuma.com<http://www.brianbuma.com> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Malcolm McCallum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I have been following the IL budget catastrophe with interest and I was aware that PA had a similar fiasco going on. Today, I discovered KS is also still dealing with a budget fiasco. I am just curious, and I am almost sure most near grads and recent grads will be interested too, just how many states are facing catestrophic budget, primarily due to political ineptness? Love to hear the responses. If you like, send me your stories and I will consolidate them into a single email for the listserv. Malcolm -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Link to online CV and portfolio : https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO "Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans." -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law. "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
