YSU should be ‘in good shape’ financially, top aide says

YOUNGSTOWN — Enrollment growth at Youngstown State University may have provided $1 million in additional tuition revenue, but that growth is more than offset by other negative budgetary factors.

Spending reductions resulting from a directive from President David C. Sweet and other savings, however, should allow the university to finish this fiscal year with its $148 million general fund budget intact, said Thomas Maraffa, special assistant to the president.

“We feel like we’re in good shape,” Maraffa said, as he presented the YSU Board of Trustees with a recent budget update.

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