No. CQI is not a means for budget-cutting. It is a means for focusing on quality throughout the University that will improve work processes, increase productivity and, in some cases, lower costs. The work of some CQI teams may result in the allocation of additional resources.
In a solid the strong attractions between the particles hold them tightly packed together. Even though they are vibrating this is not enough to disrupt the structure. When a solid is heated the particles gain energy and start to vibrate faster and faster.
If that rate of temperature change were constant, temperatures deep in the Earth would soon reach the point where all known rocks would eventually melt. We know, however, that the Earth's mantle is solid because of the transmission of S-waves. The temperature gradient dramatically decreases with depth for two reasons.