Texas universities forced to trim their budgets, even with big state cuts averted

The massive state funding cuts Texas higher education officials dreaded never materialized this year. But that doesn’t mean their public universities are out of the woods.  Most of them — even some that received slight funding boosts from the state — are asking their staffs to cut costs for the upcoming school year. University of Houston President Renu Khator has asked academic departments to cut 2.5 percent from their budgets. University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves ordered a $20 million spending cut, which amounts to a 2 percent reduction. Texas A&M University administrators are sticking with a planned 1.5 percent cut, while Texas Tech University […]

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