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December 12, 2020
BY JASON STARR, Observer Staff
Despite steady enrollment growth and expanded programs, the Williston campus of Vermont Technical College is entangled in the Vermont State College System’s financial struggles. A legislative report released Friday suggests the college merge with Northern Vermont and Castleton universities to create a single institution as a key to sustaining the system.
“We don’t keep a separate budget for Williston,” said Vermont Technical College President Pat Moulton. “It’s all one Vermont Tech budget and ultimately, it’s all one Vermont State Colleges budget. So we’re all in this boat together.”
The state college system needs a one-time infusion of $45 million in the upcoming fiscal year to stay afloat, according to the report, in addition to its typical annual appropriation of $30 million which covers just 17 percent of the system’s costs, Moulton said.
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