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U of I President to Look Beyond Govt. for Funding
URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- New University of Illinois President Michael Hogan says the school needs to be far less reliant on money from state government.

Hogan said Thursday that dwindling state support for universities isn't unique to Illinois. He said during a press conference on the Urbana-Champaign campus that Illinois will look increasingly to tuition, alumni donations and to research to generate revenue.

The new president expects to spend about a third of his time raising money.

Hogan isn't sure yet about job cuts as part of a push to save money. But former President Stanley Ikenberry, the man Hogan put in charge of that effort, says some cuts are likely.

Hogan comes to Illinois after being president of the University of Connecticut.

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