The sad part is not the cut, which will, I am sure, be negotiated in the coming weeks. It is the way that cut will be distributed within UA. The administrators will protect their positions and cut things that students/parents are most likely to notice. Basically, the opposite of how the private sector would respond (minimize impact to customers). Just take a look at how the administration at UAA has grown in the past 10 years. I am not saying these people do not work hard and bring some value to the organization, but they are non mission critical and have done almost nothing to improve the student experience. Based on my observations, these individuals: (1) schedule an inordinate ammount of pointless meetings and (2) create new policies that no one asked for and that are not supported by any data/research. Not sure if ASD has the same issues, but it is super frustrating for those of us that are actually carrying out the mission of educating Alaskans.