Dive Summary:

• Clarion University president Karen Whitney says she's prepared to take a pay cut to help the struggling school stay afloat if others do the same.
• Her declaration came at a town-hall meeting at the Pennsylvania school on proposed staff cuts, at which the $220,000-a-year administrator was asked by a $25,000-a-year school employee if she would take a pay cut along with others. 
• Clarion faces a $12-million deficit and is contemplating cuts of 40 staff and faculty positions to make ends meet.

From the article:

... Asked if he was surprised by Ms. Whitney's answer, he replied, "Yes, I was." But he said after the meeting it would not be fair if the lowest-paid employees on campus take cuts, too. "The president, she gets a free place to live," he said. "She gets her lawn mowed. She gets a custodian to come in and clean her house. She gets a lot of perks." ...