The gap between my uni's budget projections and year-end actuals was $114 million (a $26 million deficit to an $87 million surplus).
Of course the hiring freeze continues and campus is filthy. Capital reserves grew from $164 to $306 million during the freeze. They'll likely build a supercomputer.
![Screenshot of article which reads: “In general,” Baker said, conservative states have a vision for colleges and universities “around job creation and indoctrination.” And they have become savvier, learning how institutions are really organized and “how to hit higher ed where it hurts.”
At the same time, she said, “you can’t work at indoctrinating other people and not indoctrinate [yourself]. I really do think they were shocked at how few people signed up for their civic centers. They genuinely believe students hate the class options available to them and are dying for these new revisionist versions of history,” and they don’t know what to do when only a handful of students show up.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreiewpnmwjm7zfly7gyldt7dqzdvwmzdvrak44b2nwh4a3qhgf7w42q)
![Screenshot of article which reads: Instead, Baker told me, “the blue-state vision for higher ed right now, in general, [is] job creation only. At its most fundamental, most Democratic administrations of states are thinking that the No. 1 priority of college is around the labor market.” That’s good for what Baker calls their “bipartisanship fetish,” because if both sides agree it’s all about jobs, it feels like there’s a chance for collaboration.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidyl6obmxtallg5mmsquqyyelygpta5x54m6lcml2occtfgre25im)
