Provost George Davis asked top administrators recently to project what they would cut if state funding to UA decreases by 2.25 percent in 2002-2003, a total of more than 7 percent this year and next.
In a memorandum Davis sent out April 18, high-ranking administrators were directed to avoid cutting, when possible, programs with high student demand, the capacity to generate revenue, interdisciplinary courses and a national ranking.
In the memo, Davis asked all vice presidents to look at how to reduce their budgets by 7 percent for next year ã· with the knowledge that an important fraction will be permanent.ä
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