This morning a committee of state lawmakers will gather to consider cuts proposed by the state’s University System.

A plan offered Monday by System officials includes proposals to close satellite campuses, cutting back on hours for libraries and student centers, and capping enrollments. It’s all in the effort to try to meet the request of lawmakers to come up with another $300 million in cuts, on top of hundreds of millions of cuts already proposed for next fiscal year.

In east Georgia Tuesday, students, faculty and staff expressed anger in a town hall meeting at the Medical College of Georgia.

Randy Bogan is a first year student studying respiratory therapy.

"We have made great sacrifices...including my wife that I might be here. How am I going to go home and tell this to my wife that there's a possibility that I might not graduate from here...and I've got to go somewhere else and start all over again?"

MCG is facing possible cuts of more than $25 million.

Students worry that they may not be able to transfer to other schools, or that their student loans might be in jeopardy if drastic cuts are indeed made.

Contributors: Mary Ellen Cheatham

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