…the chancellor of the University of California at Riverside has announced that his campus will cut faculty and staff positions by 15 percent over the next couple of years and enroll fewer students in the fall of 2010. In the memo, posted Friday on Riverside’s Web site, the chancellor, Timothy P. White, also said that hiring freezes would remain in place and that employees probably would be asked to take 16 unpaid furlough days – a measure that is expected to be adopted systemwide. The university system is preparing for a cut in state support of about 20 percent in the 2009-10 fiscal year.

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by Josh Keller, The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Posted: June 8th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.