University of Minnesota officials see layoffs, no tuition increases - Doug Belden, Pioneer Press

Reduced state funding is driving $95 million in cuts — including the elimination of more than 1,200 staff positions — at the University of Minnesota next year, according to the budget proposal for 2009-10. While most of those job cuts will be through attrition or positions left vacant, as many as 400 employees are expected to be laid off. "This is a real cut. This is not a trivial cut," U President Robert Bruininks told the Board of Regents on Friday.