Mitch take his "Blade" to higher education

President Bush is the one who nicknamed Mitch the "The Blade" and now its faculty at IU that are paying the price.

"The College of Arts and Sciences has eliminated 23 full time faculty positions and 35 graduate teaching assistants, and the School of Education cut 10 faculty positions. The Kelley School of Business froze staff hiring, and the Law School and School of Public and Environmental Affairs froze faculty hiring."

Why? Well in part do to:

"IU's budget was further reduced when the Indiana General Assembly cut operating funds for the campus by more than $3 million, Theobald said."

There are two issues here, a decrease in the quality of education and job loss. The job loss is easier to quantify, these are generally good paying jobs that are being removed from the tax base. And while it may be harder to put a price on the loss of these positions from an academic standpoint, it isn't hard to see that they will diminish the quality of education at IU due to higher class sizes, and the loss of academic specialty.