Tom Ross
Davidson College’s $500 million endowment took a big plunge in value over the past year – nearly 30 percent – and that will cost the college more than $1 million in income this year. That brought a 2.5 percent budget cut this year and trustees later this month will be asked to approve a 3 percent cut for next year. Davidson President Tom Ross spoke to DavidsonNews.net editor David Boraks last week, on his 605th day in office, about a hiring freeze and pay freezes for staff, and long-term planning the college.
This is the first of two parts. Next Friday, we talk with Ross about the college’s sustainability efforts – could there be a solar array on campus? – and hear his self-evaluation for his first couple of years in the job.
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(MP3 format, 4 min. 38 sec.)
College to expand enrollment, interdisciplinary offerings
The April 8 Davidsonian student newspaper has a couple of updates on what President Ross discusses in our interviews:
April 8, 2009, The Davidsonian, “Trustees approve draft of strategic plan: Plan calls for enrollment expansion, more interdisciplinary work.”
April 8, 2009, The Davidsonian (student newspaper), “Ever greener, Davidson takes on large scale composting.”