University of Tennessee Continues Sustainable Funding Initiatives
A projected University of Tennessee funding gap has been cut from $377 million to $122 million, President Joe DiPietro told UT trustees, but more work needs to be done.
A projected University of Tennessee funding gap has been cut from $377 million to $122 million, President Joe DiPietro told UT trustees, but more work needs to be done.
A proposal to hold tuition increases to record lows for three consecutive years is unprecedented in the history of the University of Tennessee system and on its way to consideration by members of the UT Trustees Finance and Administration Committee.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. EDT in the 8th Floor Conference Room of the Andy Holt Tower on the UT Knoxville campus. The President’s Budget Advisory Group will be guests at the meeting, with some members of the group joining by telephone.
Following the success of a two-year set of self-imposed budget restraints in 2015, University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro informed the Board of Trustees Wednesday that the University is preparing another set of cost-saving goals.