
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, September 12, 1993                   TAG: 9309120188
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-10   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

W&M PRESIDENT LASHES OUT AT FUNDING CUTS

College of William and Mary President Timothy J. Sullivan has blasted the prospect of increasing budget cuts for higher education.

Sullivan, speaking Thursday to the school's faculty, said the state is threatening the "abandonment" of policies that have made Virginia colleges some of the country's finest.

When state officials and lawmakers were faced with tough budget decisions, they turned to "the politics of convenience," cutting money and telling schools to make up the difference in tuition, Sullivan said.

"The truth is, the commonwealth has no higher education policy," he said.

Sullivan's unusually harsh comments came two weeks after Education Secretary Karen J. Petersen sent college presidents a memo warning they may face cuts of up to 15 percent in the next biennium. The presidents have railed against the notice, saying schools can't take any more cutbacks.

- Associated Press

by CNB