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The University of Vermont Board of Trustees received an update on plans to eliminate or revise academic programs with low enrollments in the College of

3:40 The Burlington City Council has approved a revised settlement agreement with developers that will allow a long idle multi-million dollar downtown project to move forward. At the February 16th meeting of the Burlington City Council, Mayor Miro Weinberger presented for approval a settlement agreement between the city and BTC Mall Associates, the current developer of CityPlace.  At the time, concerns were raised about the agreement’s impact on unions and workers. Councilors delayed action and met in special session February 23rd. In the intervening time, further negotiations were held an...

4:12 The Burlington, Vermont City Council postponed consideration of a settlement agreement with developers of a downtown project and also chastised the University of Vermont during Tuesday evening’s meeting. In December, the University of Vermont Dean of Arts and Sciences, by direction of the college president and provost, announced that three departments, 12 majors, 11 minors and four masters programs would be eliminated due to budget shortfalls and low enrollments.  The cuts to the liberal arts programs has enraged some faculty, students and staff. At Tuesday night’s Burlington City C...