Gloom and doom (state budget edition)

The state House is proposing deep cuts to the state's university system. ...

The House budget provides a far gloomier scenario for public universities than previous spending plans put forth by Gov. Bev Perdue and the Senate. It recommends new cuts for the UNC system totaling $175 million, on top of about $50 million in cuts approved a year ago, according to draft budget proposals.

If approved, the cuts would lead to the elimination of about 1,700 positions across the university system, a far larger total than the 1,200 in jeopardy under Perdue's spending proposal, UNC President Erskine Bowles said Thursday.

via www.newsobserver.com