Budget Cuts, Layoffs At Florida’s Largest University

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Published: Wed, May 14, 2008 - 10:22 am
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The University of Florida's governing
body has approved 47 million dollars in budget cuts. That will lead
to reduced enrollment and some faculty will be laid off.
The Board of Trustees largely approved today President Bernie
Machen's plan, making only minor changes.
The proposal calls for laying off about 20 faculty members and
118 staffers, leaving 290 empty positions unfilled, reducing
research and reducing enrollment by 1,000 students a year for four
years.
None of those being laid off are tenured faculty members.
The University of Florida is the state's largest public
university with about 52,000 students and about 5,285 faculty.
UF's general revenue budget is almost 69 million dollars less
than it was a year ago. That includes 22 million in cuts made in
October by the Legislature and 47 million made by lawmakers for the
coming year.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)



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