How Alaska politics created the crisis threatening the state’s university system

Mike Dunleavy won the governor's race on a promise of higher Permanent Fund dividends without painful cuts. Then oil prices dropped.

By Dermot Cole July 15, 2019
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The University of Alaska Board of Regents is expected to declare a financial emergency this week, beginning the process of major program cutbacks and layoffs statewide.

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