It is the same deal with Maine’s Government… why should they be allowed to spend when they can’t balance the budget.

Let upper administration take pay cuts rather than cutting retirement benefits, cutting programs, or raising tuition. When they make the University profitable they then will deserve thier high pay.

A certain percentage of students could definitely work harder in classes, to prove they really care about their education. That means attending class and completing work on time. Those who truly care about their programs should be asking their professors what the problems are that they are facing and start supporting the departments, majors, etc. that are in danger. If they knew what struggles are going on behind the scenes, they might be surprised. Far from being self old people who hope not to end up in the poorhouse at age 66, many faulty members are working long hours to keep things afloat. Ask them.

yes…….students can provide the leadership and make the difference

That is how you go forward. More students, more income, then the top level will deserve the higher pay.

Cutting programs is moving the economy backwards. The University has enough extra cash to move forward bringing the economy forward with it.

That is so awesome that you are cutting programs in order to pay for your retirement, after all you are so valuable to us students.

On a completely unrelated note I’d like to thank UM for the excellent career center and incredible alumni network which virtually guarantee that 99.9% of student will be entirely on their own when it comes to finding employment after graduation.

Again, that is so great that you are already planning to use 6 million dollars of our money to cover your retirement, considering all you do for us.

Well, I have to go to the temp agency now.

Exactly where did Wyke and the system get their data to develop an estimated 42.5 mil budget deficit?

If they aren’t using past results to guide decisions about the future, what do they use?

A crystal ball?

The largest problem here is the fact that hardly anyone cares about this issue, least of all the people who pay Campbell’s salary, the consumers of higher education.

From decades of apathetic citizens this is what we’ve come to… people in positions of authority don’t even try to hide the fact that they are ignoring a legitimate concern. Like Campbell, they simply tell you face to face that they aren’t going to bother to debate anything you say, because they don’t have to.

Congratulations to the USM SS for attempting to keep students in the know. Good luck getting students to care enough about it to make someone like Campbell care. The truth is that Campbell is correct in that he doesn’t have to debate any issues that Bunsis raised, because Bunsis was hired by students and students don’t matter. There is no other way to interpret Campbell’s flat refusal to entertain conversation over the report’s findings.

Also, congratulations on making good use of student funds. If this had been attempted by the UM GSS it would have cost five times as much and taken ten times as long to produce, which is interesting considering that the region where UM is located is both less busy and less expensive. That is a story for another day.

Even being so hush hush that they were surprised about the audit is really sad. Once again, another piece of evidence that UMaine is WAY too top heavy.