Indiana is cutting its budget for higher education by $150 million due to a shortfall in state tax revenues. As a result, the president of Indiana State University says that anywhere from 80 to 100 non teaching jobs will have to be cut to shave $5 million off of the school’s operating costs. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 9, 2010
The University Of Louisiana has announced cuts totaling $21.2 million to alleviate the state’s budget gap. Included in the cuts will be terminating 42 currently filled positions and extinguishing 81 additional positions. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will lose $4.6 million while Southeastern Louisiana University, located in Hammond, LA, will be left with $3.6 million [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The economic down turn continues to take a heavy toll on our education system. Two Thirds of the nation’s schools reported cutting jobs this year, and a whopping 83% expect to cut more jobs next summer. Job losses have been heaviest among aids and teachers of core subjects like Math and English. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Washington DC laid off 388 school employees, including more than 200 teachers, on Friday. At the same time, struggling security company Hawk One, which supplied security guards for the 127 public schools in the district, went out of business. Schools in DC opened this morning without security guards and short on staff as [...]
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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