Let’s see what else folks can come up with. The list below is NOT an endorsement; I’d just like to be able to put everything together. In fact, I am adamantly opposed to some of these ideas.

What the college is doing so far:

  • Hiring slowdown/freeze
  • Renovation/Construction delay
  • Facilities upkeep delay

Here’s what we have so far, culled from comment threads.

  • Salary and Wage increase freeze
  • Staff Reductions
  • Cuts to Financial Aid
  • Axing the Bolin Fellows Program
  • Add more full-fare students
  • Cutting CLC’s
  • Don’t take long trips on the college credit card
  • Reward those who have ideas about cost cutting
  • Increase transparency of spending decisions
  • Specialty Staff
  • Zero based budgeting
  • Admit fewer zero revenue students (revenue aware admissions)
  • Bring back student loans, to some degree
  • Buying stuff for less money (No, duh…)

FIRST UPDATE – @ 11:54 (Y’all can do much much better than this)

  • Cut charitable giving
  • Outsourcing
  • Expand student jobs to include groundswork
  • Cut high cost classes

I will update this post as more things get added. Points for creativity and originality in the comments.

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