University Times

Pitt nursing students face no shortage of job offers Tricia Roesch can't remember any students from the Pitt School of Nursing's Class of 1999, herself included, who did not have jobs waiting for them upon graduation. She laughed as she recalled a friend who was hired by Johns Hopkins Hospital: "As soon as the recruiters […]

FY03 budget includes 14% tuition increase in tuition The University's fiscal year 2003 operating budget includes the largest Pitt tuition hike since 1978 — 14 percent for Pennsylvania residents and 10 percent for out-of-state students in most schools. Those increases bring the tuition rate for in-state undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences to […]

3.5% compensation pool hike includes 1.5% for satisfactory performance 'satisfactory' Pitt will increase the pool of money for employee salaries by 3.5 percent for the fiscal year that began July 1. In a July 23 University Update, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg announced that the funds will be distributed as follows: * 1.5 percent for "salary maintenance" […]

$8 million will be cut from selected budgets To help balance its fiscal year 2003 budget, Pitt will trim $8 million from the operating budgets of certain, yet-to-be-determined responsibility centers. Some targeted units may meet their budget-cutting goals by not filling currently budgeted staff and faculty positions, said Chancellor Mark Nordenberg. "But this is not […]