Colleges respond to economic crisis

Hiring freeze

On Sept. 30, Boston University president Robert A. Brown announced an immediate hiring freeze and a moratorium on all construction projects that have not yet been initiated.

Brown (left) decided to take these steps because of the "uncertainties created by the upheavals in the financial markets and the nation's poor economic outlook."

Hiring freeze On Sept. 30, Boston University president Robert A. Brown announced an immediate hiring freeze and a moratorium on all construction projects that have not yet been initiated. Brown (left) decided to take these steps because of the 'uncertainties created by the upheavals in the financial markets and the nation's poor economic outlook.'
AP Photo/Steven Senne