University of Vermont faculty members who say a starvation diet is being imposed on the school’s academic programs are planning a "Let Them Eat Gruel?" budget-cut protest.
United Academics, the union representing most UVM faculty, says President Daniel Fogel’s plan to reduce staffing will result in an English department without courses on Charles Dickens, a Political Science department without courses in international politics and a civil and environmental engineering program at risk of losing accreditation.
The group wants Fogel to use recently restored state support and federal stimulus money to restore jobs, positions and programs. Members will be serving up oatmeal Monday morning to make their point.