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Published: 05 April 2016 05 April 2016

To the Editor

During its regular meeting Monday, April 4, the New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted not to increase tuition for the 2016-2017 academic year. The vote means the university will need to cut its budget by approximately $10.7 million for the next year.

Among the options being considered by university leaders is a reduction in administrative salaries. Those reductions would be 1 percent for salaries of $100,000 to $149,999, 2 percent for salaries of $150,000 to $199,999 and 3 percent for salaries of $200,000 and above. Restoration of the salary reductions would not be considered until such time as staff receive a compensation increase of at least 2 percent.

GǣBecause we have spent the past few years trying to bring our faculty up to market in regard to their salaries, and we would like to avoid undoing this progress, these salary reductions will not include faculty members,Gǥ Carruthers said. GǣAlso, employees who have contracts will be excluded since this would require renegotiating those contracts. However, even though I am a contract employee, I have opted to be included in the reduction because I want to be part of a team solution.Gǥ
On March 22 the University of New Mexico approved a 2.5% increase in tuition.

Alfred Milligan
Silver City, NM