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According to the FAS administration’s “first-dollar principle,” units are being asked to spend all restricted funds—such as endowments and grants associated with spending guidelines??before reaching out to the central FAS administration for additional unrestricted funds known as subventions...
Carpenter said that the goal of the working groups was never to legislate or mandate, but rather to offer guidelines??or even boundaries—around the dean’s approach. The dean has final word, Carpenter said, but the working group gave divisional members the opportunity to voice their concerns and delineate specific areas that should not be cut. “It’s not absolute agenda setting,” he said. “But partial agenda shaping...
...recent months, University administrators have also taken steps to ensure that past gifts—which often come with strict spending guidelines??are flexible enough to allocate funds more efficiently...
...amid increased concern about alcohol abuse by undergraduates. In October, Princeton’s administration instructed the university’s security staff to patrol dormitory hallways on Thursday and Saturday nights with an eye toward cracking down on alcohol violations. At the same time, the university announced new guidelines??that will take effect next fall—which require Princeton’s residential college advisors to investigate any resident seen with hard alcohol. While Princeton spokeswoman Cass Cliatt said that the new guidelines are “not a change of policy,” students...
...guarantee that the punishments they dictate fit the crimes for which they are given. Unlike the mandatory minimum sentences mandated by many state legislatures, sentencing guidelines are not absolutely binding, yet appeals courts have a tendency to overturn lower judges’ sentences when they diverge substantially from the guidelines?? suggestions. Although these regulations are useful tools that improve consistency in sentencing, they can constrain judges by preventing them from considering cases in light of mitigating circumstances. Empowering judges to evaluate cases more thoroughly, without fear of being overruled by an appeals court, will free judges to assign...