Universities look to cut millions

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Universities looking for ways to cut millions from their budgets by year's end say everything is on the table, including eliminating some sports or even academic majors.

Gov. Mitch Daniels has ordered $150 million in cuts at the state's seven public universities because state revenue continues to fall far short of projections. The latest revenue forecast predicts that by 2011 Indiana will take in $1.8 billion less than what lawmakers thought when passing a two-year budget.

Higher education commissioner Teresa Lubbers is meeting with college leaders to help them find ways to trim budgets. She says the process isn't easy.

Many schools say they already have cut sports and academic areas and have found other savings by imposing salary freezes.