At a town hall meeting on Monday afternoon, President David Skorton spoke at length about the University’s finances and his recommendations for restoring “financial flexibility” and soundness. The major bombshell from the presentation was the admission that under the standard accrual accounting basis for audited financial statements, the University is operating at a loss. Skorton, however, did not...
Around 150 students took over Cornell’s main administrative building, Day Hall, and University President David Skorton’s office Monday afternoon in order to protest the new student health fee. Language warning. The protest and protesters have rallied around the hashtag #FighttheFee, and are tweeting out updates from the Twitter account @FighttheFee. There is also a live feed...
The DREAM(Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Children) Act has earned the support of Cornell’ very own president Skorton: In a letter last month to presidents and chancellors of institutions of higher learning across the country, Arizona State University President Michael Crow and Cornell University President David Skorton urged a concerted effort to push Congress...
A recent article from the Syracuse Post-Standard chronicles some of the misgivings newly admitted college students have about attending high-cost, private colleges. One student in the article puts the problem rather succinctly: “It just wasn’t enough,” said Polsin, who picked the State University College at Buffalo. “I can’t afford to pay $200,000 in loans when...
– Cornell alumnus Richard Burt discusses his role in the “Global Zero” group. – Nothing too new here, but check out IvyGate’s post on Skorton. – I might do a separate post on this, but for now check our InsideHigherEd’s article on the Credit CARD Act of 2009. Most of the new provisions go into...
– The 1990 page House health care bill is out. – Bloggers say the economy will still be the main issue for the 2010 midterms. – Obama may be taking his time in deciding what to do in Afghanistan, but the American people aren’t sure about the country’s purpose in Central Asia either. – Publishers...
– President Skorton’s welcome letter discusses low admissions rates, faculty honors and recognitions, shrinking annual deficits, and something about becoming a climate-neutral university and stopping global warming. – Senator Edward Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday evening. – Via VK, the AP uncovers more ridiculous/inefficient pork barrel stimulus spending. – As Bilmes...
– Police Sgt. Crowley, Professor Gates, and President Obama will be meeting at the White House for a beer later this week, according to reports. In the meantime, Michael Mechanic writes about why you should never get righteous with street cops in the first place, and of course the NYT publishes an alternative opinion. –...