Middlebury College faculty, staff and students take action against administration’s budget cuts

Middlebury College faculty, staff and students take action against administration’s budget cuts

“It's the worst possible time to breach the trust of your employees, dishonoring your commitments,” a professor said. “This is not the time to create a divided community.”

College community protests budget cuts

MIDDLEBURY — More than 200 people gathered outside Middlebury College’s Old Chapel — home of the president’s office — on Thursday to protest compensation cuts and other steps recently announced by administrators as part of an effort to balance the institution’s budget. Economics Professor Peter Matthews Those measures, detailed in an April 2 letter to the college community, included new limits on retirement benefits and growing undergraduate enr…