Trying to cut $60 million US campus-wide, Texas A&M University hopes to save $82,000 US by ceasing to stock toilet paper in its student residences. The university plans to launch the toilet paper elimination in August 2011, giving it enough time to inform students and ensure that campus stores are stocking it. While the bathroom essential will no longer be provided in dorm hall washrooms shared by 4 people, Texas A&M will continue to supply toilet paper in larger bathrooms, administrative office areas, and public areas. In addition to the toilet paper cutbacks, the overall budget reduction will cost Texas A&M about 500 faculty and staff, new theatre furniture, stable student worker wages, an art exhibition, and paper and toner, among other things.
Inside Higher Ed
