University of Montana still needs to reduce spending on staffing

The University of Montana needs to further reduce its faculty and staff numbers to match its lower enrollment numbers or officials with the office of the Commissioner of Higher Education say the commissioner may have to make those decisions.

Commissioner Clayton Christian tells the Missoulian (bit.ly/2g3F0pj) that while the university budget as a whole is sound, the student-to-faculty and student-to-staff ratios don’t leave much room for spending on other needs. The university has a 16-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio, with a goal of an 18-to-1 ratio.

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