Boise State University professors say they’re starting to buckle under the pressure of increasing enrollment and state budget cuts — which are leading to larger class sizes.
The State Board of Education invited staff and faculty to its Wednesday meeting on Boise State’s campus. The roundtable discussion largely focused on managing class sizes amid a 10% spike in enrollment over the past four years. Meanwhile, state leaders have cut Boise State’s funding, by 4% this school year and 5% next school year.
The budget cuts — approved by the Legislature and Gov. Brad Little to avert a deficit caused by tax cuts and declining state revenue — affected all four-year institutions, spurring tuition increases, layoffs and college consolidations across Idaho’s higher education system…