Weathering the Recession in College Health

Abstract

The current global recession has increased personal stress levels throughout our society. With dwindling resources, institutions of higher learning are especially prone to budgetary cutbacks during such periods. Based on 22 years of experience as a health service director, the author offers some personal insights in the hope that they will help colleagues cope with the current situation.

Keywords:

• budgets
• economic recession
• health services administration
• student health services

Acknowledgments

Dr Christmas is a Clinical Professor Emeritus at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He was director of student health centers at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, for 12 years and at Duke University for 10 years.