Rutgers University
Rutgers University cuts more than 400 classes, almost 200 workers
September 2, 2006, 4:37 PM EDT
UNDATED (AP) _ Budget cuts have forced Rutgers University to slash 451 courses and hand out pink slips to 185 workers from all three of its campuses.
"We've had to make some difficult decisions," said spokesman E.J. Miranda, who had no specific information about which classes had been cut.
The Rutgers Board of Governors adopted a budget in July that called for eliminating up to 800 classes and 750 jobs over the next year. The cuts and an 8 percent tuition hike were blamed on state lawmakers and this summer's budget battle, which cut higher education funding.
Miranda said the layoff process is ongoing and more pink slips could be handed out in the future, but that the school is trying to protect academic units. No full-time professors have been given layoff notices.
Classes start next week at the New Brunwsick/Piscatawy, Newark and Camden campuses, but students already know about the cuts.
"There is already a lot of frustration," Jillian Curtis, a 21-year-old senior and student representative on the Rutgers Board of Governors, told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Saturday's newspaper. "A lot of courses for seniors are not being offered so people are struggling to graduate on time."
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Information from: The Star-Ledger, http://www.nj.com/starledger
September 2, 2006, 4:37 PM EDT
UNDATED (AP) _ Budget cuts have forced Rutgers University to slash 451 courses and hand out pink slips to 185 workers from all three of its campuses.
"We've had to make some difficult decisions," said spokesman E.J. Miranda, who had no specific information about which classes had been cut.
The Rutgers Board of Governors adopted a budget in July that called for eliminating up to 800 classes and 750 jobs over the next year. The cuts and an 8 percent tuition hike were blamed on state lawmakers and this summer's budget battle, which cut higher education funding.
Miranda said the layoff process is ongoing and more pink slips could be handed out in the future, but that the school is trying to protect academic units. No full-time professors have been given layoff notices.
Classes start next week at the New Brunwsick/Piscatawy, Newark and Camden campuses, but students already know about the cuts.
"There is already a lot of frustration," Jillian Curtis, a 21-year-old senior and student representative on the Rutgers Board of Governors, told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Saturday's newspaper. "A lot of courses for seniors are not being offered so people are struggling to graduate on time."
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Information from: The Star-Ledger, http://www.nj.com/starledger
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