CARBONDALE, IL (Cory Ray – Daily Egyptian. Please click the link above to read the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
In a statement Wednesday, interim Chancellor Brad Colwell released the breakdown of a $19 million permanent budget cut to the university.
The cut may result in layoffs to 51 civil service employees, contract non-renewals, layoffs for faculty and reductions in the budgets of many departments on campus.
Almost 100 civil service employees, including the 51 expecting layoffs, could be affected by a process called “bumping,” which means staff can transfer their layoff to another person with less seniority in the same position.
At the beginning of fiscal year 2015 when the state had a budget, there were 3, 258 faculty and staff at the university. Since then, the university has lost roughly 400 faculty and staff positions, according to University Spokesperson Rae Goldsmith.
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