Changes recommended by the Budget Model Task Force will largely affect undergraduate students, said Paul Streeter, associate vice president for planning and budget, in a presentation to the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly last night. By implementing these changes, which include introducing a single university-wide budget, pooling undergraduate tuitions and streamlining administrative costs, the University administration hopes to reduce the budget deficit from $68 million to $30 million by next year.

When it comes to the University’s immensely complicated budget models, currently on the Reimagination assembly line, one point — and one point only — is crystal clear: a new budget model is a change that will affect everyone and everything on campus. Arguably the most important of the 20 reports, the Budget Model Task Force report was released on Jan. 19 with little fanfare and very few details.