A budget crisis at Southern Oregon University may require the elimination of academic programs and the dismissal of tenure faculty members, according to the Mail Tribune, a newspaper in southern Oregon. The dismal news was delivered in a speech on Monday by the university’s president, Mary Cullinan, who said that a drop in enrollment had resulted in a budget gap that the university closed only by tapping its reserves. She said such a practice was not sustainable. After a public-comment period, she said, the university would consider declaring a state of financial exigency, which would allow cuts and layoffs. Faculty members quoted by the newspaper said they appreciated her willingness to involve professors in dealing with the crisis.
November 14, 2006
Faculty Layoffs May Be Coming to Beleaguered Southern Oregon U.
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