College faculty push to close Monterey amid spending cuts

College faculty push to close Monterey amid spending cuts

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College faculty are urging administrators to divest from the institution’s graduate school in Monterey, Calif., in the wake of recently-announced compensation cuts and other steps aimed at filling a projected $14.1 million deficit for this fiscal year. Faculty, staff and students during the past month have pushed back against those steps, which were detailed in an April 2 letter to the college community and included new l…