EDITORIAL: Lamar, other agencies must deal with budget cuts - Beaumont Enterprise

No doubt about it, the loss of Lamar University's Continuing Education Department in the Beaumont library is not easy to accept. The department performed a valuable service and was a vital part of Lamar's overall outreach to the community. But with state aid to education being cut across the board, something had to give. The Continuing Education Department, as worthy as it is, was not part of Lamar's core mission. When a university has to absorb major budget cuts - $15 million over the next two-year budget - things like that must be looked at first.