Middlebury College Tries Budget Suggestion Box | WCAX.com

From UVM to Middlebury, colleges across the state are facing financial woes.

“There is definitely an atmosphere of fear here, I think,” said Emily Asher, a Middlebury College Student.

At Middlebury, school officials are thinking outside the box by looking within. They’ve created an online suggestion box seeking input from students, alumni and staff.

“So we knew right out of the box we weren’t going to be able to solve it with just a few people, but that it was going to be a community-wide effort because it’s a community-wide issue,” explained Patrick Norton, the Chief Financial Officer at Middlebury College.

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