UW might have 400 fewer employees because of budget woes

[TexasTowelie]

LARAMIE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming might have as many as 400 fewer employees after the university completes budget cuts and other funding changes over the next couple years, UW President Laurie Nichols said.

The state's only public, four-year university must account for the loss of $35 million in state aid and reallocate an additional $6 million from within its budget for utilities and improvements to its accounting system for a total of $41 million.

Nichols provided an update about the budget to UW trustees meeting in Saratoga this week, according to the Laramie Boomerang.

In order to meet the $41 million, Nichols has outlined a plan that includes eliminating vacant positions, asking faculty to do more classroom instruction, offering early retirement incentives and trimming benefit expenses.

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/uw-might-have-fewer-employees-because-of-budget-woes/article_e8a49e64-30de-50fa-a0d2-4c4780c7d72f.html

[riversedge]

1. whow!!

[TexasTowelie]

2. My nephew has a PhD and works for the state.

With the budget cuts in Wyoming he probably isn't feeling too secure about his job.

[a la izquierda]

3. I'm guessing the bloated administration wouldn't bother taking a pay cut.

I work at a state university in a poor state. We have deans of god-knows-what pulling in 6 figures, meanwhile faculty and staff in some departments are paid among the lowest in the nation.
Oh, and our benefits get more expensive every year, amounting to pay decreases.


I pity the people at UW who've lost their jobs or who will have to do a lot more with less.