The proposed $27.5 million budget cuts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will affect every part of campus and the College of Engineering is not being spared.
Chancellor Rodney Bennett called to cut $225,000 in funding for graduate assistantships in the College of Engineering. In addition, a 1% spending reduction across the university will cut about $460,000 for the college and “administrative and staff efficiencies” will cut an additional $75,000-80,000.
“The $225,000 cut to our teaching budget will negatively impact the student experience in classes and reduce our ability to compete with our Big Ten and Association of American Universities peers for graduate students,” Lance C. Pérez, the College of Engineering’s dean, said in an email…