More Bad News for University Workers

Stanford University has sacked 49 workers in the fund-raising, buildings, and alumni departments in an effort to compensate for significant endowment losses, Bloomberg.com reports:

Stanford’s Office of Development, which had 280 employees, fired 19 people, reduced the hours of others, and eliminated 14 vacant positions, the school said. The division of Land, Buildings, and Real Estate, which has about 470 employees, eliminated 20 positions. The Alumni Association fired 10 workers, accepted the resignation of three, and reduced hours of others, cutting the equivalent of 18 full-time positions to a new staff level of 110.
Meanwhile, Terry L. Hickey, provost at the University of Central Florida, said this week that the university could be forced to lay off 330 faculty and 190 staff members and eliminate up to 25 programs if the state legislature approves the $57-million in cuts proposed in the Florida House of Representatives, the Orlando Sentinal reports.