Budget Crunch Forum
As colleges and universities across the nation grapple with cuts to education budgets and shrinking endowments, one group bears the responsibility of keeping the student community informed: student journalists.
The Budget Crunch Forum is a new community hub for student journalists focused on the budget cuts in higher education and their implications for students. The forum will help journalists train each other in best practices on covering these complicated issues. From public records requests to covering protests on the ground, we will help journalists equip themselves to dig up the heart of the story quickly and accurately. By collaborating, we can reach new heights of balanced and in-depth reporting.
The project will combine conference calls, an online forum, an archive of useful statistics, and a timeline of articles to help journalists contextualize budget cuts at their school within the larger national trend.
NSNS is looking for interested students to give presentations on conference calls, help compile information on national budget cuts trends, and join the Student Steering Committee.
How to get involved
There are tons of ways you can help make the Budget Crunch Forum a great resource.
Here are a few:
- Sign up for our news feed
- Research budget cuts to Higher Ed in your state
- Submit stories and story ideas to info@nsns.org
- Give a presentation about one of your skills—like getting interviews with the Board of Regents, or covering protests on the ground
- Join the Student Steering Committee
- Tell your Editor in Chief about the project
For more information, email info@nsns.org, or call (312) 291-0360 x236.
Head Coordinator
Martina Hutchins: Martina is a third-year English Major as UC Berkeley
Assistant Coordinators
Jamie Applegate: Jamie is a first year intended English major at UC Berkeley
Vinayak Ranade: Vinayak is a Master's student in Computer Science at MIT
Below is a list of "Budget Crunch" articles that can be used as a resource while covering these complicated issues.
Click on the link below to jump to the relevant category.
Quality of Education
State Budget Allocations
Student Response
Administrative Response
Fresh Round of State Budget Cuts Hits Higher Education
Most States are Cutting Education
UNC to Take 5 Percent Budget Cuts
NKU Cuts May Increase Class Sizes
UNC ITS is Victim of Budget Cuts
CSU to Cut Enrollment by 40,000
WSU Budget Cuts Close Troy Hall Research
CSUB Cuts Hurt Sports, Student Fees, Staffing
Susquehanna Budget Cut Reaches Library
SSU Financial Picture May Improve in Fall
University of Wisconsin Madison Student Tenant Center May Not Receive Funding
Class Cuts Wreak Havoc at California Universities
Budget Cuts at UNK May Cost Jobs
Sonoma Campus Feels Budget Crunch
University of Kentuky Considers Dissoving Media Program
Budget Cuts Swell Class Sizes at UW
Proposed Cuts to Cornell's Theatre Film and Dance Dept
CSUB Cuts Golf Tennis Wrestling Programs
University of Texas cuts Informal Classes
University of Central Arkansas Cuts $1.23M
LSU Cuts Will Hurt University Standing
Missouri Cuts May Jeapordize Computer Service Through MOREnet
Washington U Closes More Libraries
Baker University Cuts 5 Majors
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Cuts Affect Students
Advisers to go in Washington U Budget Cuts
Penn State Cuts Affect Music
State Budget Allocations
Arizona Cuts $40M from Higher Ed
Mississippi Budget Proposes Merger or MSU MUW
Montana Universities face 5 Percent State Funding Cut
Louisiana Faces Higher Ed Cuts
ISU Hard Times with 6 Percent State Cut
State Universities Brace for Another Brutal Year
Nevada Budget Cuts Could Mean Closing Campuses
Cuts in Missouri Research and Education
Student Response
University's prestige comes worth the price
Tuition increases will hurt us too
Students now more vocal about tuition
Anger and anxiety over fee hike at University of California
University Students in Nevada Plan Walkout to Protest Budget Cuts
Study-In at UC Davis Sets New Standard for UC Protests Students in Southern Nevada Rally Against Proposed Budget Cuts
Take Back Berkeley Protests Employee Furloughs
Student-faculty walkout draws hundreds to quad
Students protest SUNY budget cut
Students voice budget cut concerns
Funding Cuts on the Way for Virginia Tech Paper?
Virginia Tech considers cutting funding to campus newspaper
Budget cuts cause unrest in higher education
Triple booking overshadows protest
SF State students dance budget pains away
Students stay creative despite big cuts
UNR Students Discuss Budget Cuts with Nevada Chancellor
SSU faculty, staff decry cutbacks
Some college staff to give part of salary back to UW
Organizations join to end budget cuts, rising tuition
UNR Holds Town Hall Meeting Concerning Budget Cuts
UC Davis Library Study-In And Protest
UNLV students let their voices be heard on proposed education cuts
Students continue to protest program elimination at Cal Poly Pomona
Students rally to support higher education
UUP launches TV, Internet ad campaign
YVCC, CWU students protest proposed tuition hikes, budget cuts
Protesters Occupy Wheeler Hall at UC Berkeley
EWU, WSU students stage walkouts over cuts
When Students Strike Back: The New Social Movement at the University of California
California budget crisis' teachable moment
WSU students write letters protesting budget cuts
Student Senate to attend rally in Lansing
Fee Increase Drives Students to LA Protest
Protesters spend night in Madden Library
Police brutality mars UC protests
CSU system's excuses ring hollow
Faculty and staff struggle with furloughs, budget cuts
Unified student front necessary to salvage Cal higher education
Faculty, staff react to Powers' communication on budget
Administrative Response
Colleges Protect Workers and Cut Elsewhere
Washington State U. Proposes Slashing Its Course Offerings
In Cutting Programs, Universities Try to Swing the Ax Gently
Martin says tuition hike was needed
2 Idaho Univ. Presidents Decry More Budget Cuts
Stimulus money prevents larger budget cuts at UNC
5.2 percent tuition hike chosen by Chancellor Thorp
New UI President Acts Fast, Launches Budget Plan
Legislators address budget concerns
Administration looks at options to trim budget
Harker asks state for $120 million for 2011
UF puts end to enrollment cuts
Administration building under heightened security
U. details plans to cut millions from budget
Administration disregards student voice
Glick shares budget proposals at town hall meeting
UNK Chancellor says more budget cuts to come
URI administrators take 2 percent pay cut
Final candidate makes students, budget top priorities
Colleges will grow despite cuts, students told
Officials: Higher ed needs stabilized funds
Brown University eyes staff reductions, sports cuts
U of M officials consider cutting jobs ahead of expected budget shortfall
Chancellor predicts tiered tuition plan
Administrators defend President Mark Emmert’s salary
Furloughs questioned at budget forum, Adams provides positive outlook
State university presidents react to lack of funding
Chancellor provides answers to campus media
Board of Trustees to discuss the tracking and reporting of federal funding
Geoffroy: ‘Restructuring seems inevitable’
Provost releases rubric for department cuts
Miss. reacts to drastic budget proposal
Officials to spread cuts over time
State legislature to propose bill as alternative to 1 percent tuition tax
