The Columbia administration is considering multiple cost-cutting measures to balance the budget and curb the college’s $20 million deficit. Campus leaders have started to share some of the ideas with faculty in recent days, including at a forum on Monday, Oct. 16 with President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim and other administrators.
Some of what is under consideration:
Eliminating graduate programs with low enrollment,
Discontinuing certain undergraduate degrees
Raising class sizes
Reducing the core curriculums credits from 42 to 30
Selling some campus buildings
Cutting back on use of part-time faculty
