UM Budget

OPI Superintendent Elsie Arntzen votes 'thumb's down' on top-down President Biden's American Families Plan.

In a continuing effort to reduce the number of faculty at the University of Montana to bring costs in line with enrollment, the administration has released its second round of the VERIP (Voluntary Employee Retirement Incentive Program).

It was recently revealed that tuition at the University of Montana would be rising for the first time in nearly a decade, and in addition, the school is looking for more ways to trim personnel costs.

No one can say that interim UM President Sheila Stearns isn't a great communicator. She is going to great lengths to get together with the campus community to keep them updated on important issues pertaining to a variety of subjects.

The Montana Board of Regents is meeting on Wednesday in Billings, and officials are hinting that there will be few surprises when it comes to enrollment throughout the university system.