prospective students a firm liberal arts foundation, (2) enhancing the distinctiveness of attending Bloomfield for what it could offer as a small college, and (3) responding "very seriously" to the personal needs of the students.
Apart from the installation of a special freshman seminar and advisory program and greater emphasis on the development of evening and part-time enrollment of mature women and special groups, and possibly the improvement of administrative controls, the practical changes to be accomplished by the new directions were never clearly stated. Despite the references to interdisciplinary approaches, the basic disciplines still prevail, and whatever revisions may have been made are minor in nature. Notable also on the question of bona fides is the fact that the decision to install the new directions was not madeuntil the fall of 1973, some months after the adoption of Resolution R-58 and after the institution of plaintiffs' suit. In any event, the results assertedly anticipated by the new programs are not now seen as attainable. Present projections forecast continued reductions in enrollment.
Turning to a consideration of the college's assets and liabilities, we note first that its budget for the 1972-73 school year was $3,652,000. For the year 1973-74 it is $3,397,000. The planned cash deficit for 1972 was $123,000 and for 1973 $191,000, with estimates that it will probably rise to $231,000 for the year. Between June 30, 1973 and March 31, 1974 it reached $145,000. By cash deficit is meant the amount by which the accounts payable and direct loans exceed available cash. In June