Provost emphasizes need to address operating costs to close financial deficit

Provost emphasizes need to address operating costs to close financial deficit

Senior Vice President and Provost Marcella David told faculty that expecting the college to close its $17 million deficit through fundraising “is doomed to fail.”   Instead, the college needs to focus on enrollment — which drives revenue – and instructional costs.   “Those are the pieces that tie the cost and the income together,” David said at a hybrid town hall on Wednesday, March 19 hosted by the Faculty Senate.   She made the remarks after b…