Amid further belt-tightening by state governments, the leaders of public universities in Alabama and Tennessee announced proposals today for trimming their institutions’ budgets.

Jan Simek, interim chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, wrote in a memorandum to faculty and staff members that the flagship campus would deal with some of the $11.1-million it must cut by phasing out three academic programs: an undergraduate minor in dance, a graduate business program in industrial and organizational psychology, and the department of audiology and speech pathology. Mr. Simek had previously announced that there would be no raises in the next budget year. The executive committee of the university’s Board of Trustees will discuss the cost-saving proposals on Friday.

The University of Alabama system, meanwhile, is planning to cut about 300 jobs and cancel construction projects, The Birmingham News reported. In a speech to the Rotary Club of Birmingham, the system’s chancellor, Malcolm Portera, said the cuts would be spread across the university’s three campuses, in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa, the newspaper reported. The chancellor said the system was facing a shortfall of $75-million or more. —Charles Huckabee