Faculty overseeing the Writing Center said they scaled back hiring efforts and hours this fall after officials instructed them to cut their operating expenses for the academic year. Faculty in the Writing Center – which offers free support to students seeking to improve their writing – said the center decreased its operating hours at its headquarters in Gelman Library by seven percent and paused services at its three satellite centers in Eckles and Himmelfarb Libraries and the Multicultural Student Services Center ahead of the fall semester. Faculty said they also decided against hiring two new graduate student writing consultants to meet the budget cuts Columbian College of Arts and Sciences officials requested.
