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Ahead of a two-day Board of Trustees meeting this week, the UO president and provost give big-picture budget deficit details. Each school within the university is facing an average budget reduction of 2.5%.
The University of Oregon is facing a 2025-26 budget deficit of between $25 and $30 million, according to university leaders, and bridging the gap will require significant cuts across the campus.
After sending a message about looming budget challenges two weeks ago, University of Oregon president Karl Scholz and provost Christopher Long presented the institution’s education and general fund budget gap in an email to staff and students Friday.
Each school and college within the university is facing a 2.5% average budget reduction, and administrative departments are facing average cuts of 4%. Certain schools and administration also have pre-existing budget deficits, which means they will experience steeper cuts.
Exact details of how schools will make these reductions were not made clear, and may not be clear until the end of the summer, according to the email.
“Our goal is to complete our plans and begin implementation by the start of the fall term,” Scholz and Long wrote.
The university’s financial difficulties come as federal funding for research is cut, state funding continues to be inadequate and out-of-state student enrollment, which provides the university significantly more in tuition than in-state enrollment, declines. Scholz and Long also wrote that revenue is not keeping up with the rising costs of staff compensation and benefits.
“The best thing about our university is our faculty, staff, and students,” Scholz and Long wrote. “They are remarkable. We embrace the importance of fairly compensating talented people, and we will need to reconcile our budget against our financial constraints.”
The president and provost said more details about the budget will be shared today, during the afternoon session of the UO Board of Trustees meeting, which the public can attend in-person in the Ford Alumni Center Giustina Ballroom and watch via webcast. The agenda for the two-day meeting can be accessed here.
Members of the public can also attend a town hall meeting from 3-4 p.m., June 9, in the Erb Memorial Union Redwood Auditorium. During this time, university leaders will share budget information, and members of the UO community and the public can ask questions and share feedback.
Space will be limited due to auditorium capacity, and attendees are encouraged to submit questions and comments beforehand. Participants can also attend via Zoom: According to the university website, a link will be posted by 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
