APG Budget Reduction Recommendations (Academic Affairs)

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Southern Miss Group Makes FY 2011 Budget Cut Recommendations

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - University of Southern Mississippi officials are reviewing budget cuts proposed by a campus-wide committee, as well as identifying additional areas for reductions, to lower spending by $11-12 million for fiscal year 2011.

The proposed spending reductions are in response to an anticipated shortfall in state appropriations and general cost increases. The university's Academic Planning Group (APG), under the leadership of Southern Miss Provost Bob Lyman, has been working since last fall to study budget-related issues and how the university can address those.

"We have never witnessed economic conditions like the ones we face today, which necessitate that we make hard choices," said President Martha Saunders. "We are in the early stages of a thoughtful, strategic process in which meeting student needs will be our top concern, while finding efficiencies without jeopardizing growth."

The university plans to reduce spending in the academic area of the university by approximately $7.5 million, and examine non-academic areas for the remaining amount.