The e-mail found by clicking below is President Liebowitz’s report to staff, faculty, and students regarding the Board weekend meeting which took place 15 to 17 October. Happy reading, and please take note of the link that he provides to offer suggestions.
Good news: while we do have one of the highest tuitions in the country, that does NOT make us the most expensive college to attend, when you lump in room and board. We’re all the way down at #17, so spread the word, and breathe easy.
Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by total cost for the 2009-2010 school year.
Read the original article: Most Expensive Colleges for 2009-2010. An entire listing of the top 100 can be found by clicking below.
Laura Marlow Latka is featured in Burlington Free Press! She’s the Development Director at Spectrum Youth and Family Services, which is “a nonprofit organization that helps teens find jobs, education, counseling or even a mentor.” Check out the article here: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091021/LIVING07/91020014/Meet-Spectrum-s-Laura-Latka-
President Liebowitz sent Faculty, Staff and Students an e-mail this morning, the full text of which is available by clicking on the link below. In it, he outlines that we are going through a second round of Early Retirement (ERP), and a round of voluntary separation (VSP), as well as how many positions in each in each division need to eliminated. Please read the e-mail, as it provides a sobering idea of just how hard we are working up here to avoid layoffs.
The Snow Bowl was featured on local news this week, so feel free to check out the video at http://www.fox44now.com/. Scroll down to “Top Video,” and click on the story on the top right “New Ski Lift For…” A point of clarification is that we’ve actually raised $900,000 for the project, not the $600,000 that was quoted in the video.
As of 8/31/2009, which is the latest figure we have on Middlebury’s endowment, we were at $740MM. Just a heads up in case you were interested!