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Article: LOCAL LAWMAKERS UNITE IN STRENGTHENING UT ARLINGTON BUDGET SITUATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 29, 2007
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The University of Texas at Arlington issued the following news release:
In January, the University of Texas at Arlington received the bad news that it was going to lose $16.6 million or 10.29 percent of its state funding. This loss included several millions due to a change in the formula used by the legislature to fund the state's universities. The new formula deducted money from universities who teach engineering, nursing, and education, UT Arlington's largest fields.
"A loss in funding at that level could have crippled UT Arlington," said UT Arlington President James D. Spaniolo. "Penalizing a school that is working to solve the critical shortage of engineers, nurses and teachers would be ...