State funding cuts have forced severe reactions at the region's largest university:
•Nearly 500 part-time lecturers have been let go, a 54 percent drop.
•Enrollment has been slashed by 1,850 students, resulting in 5 percent fewer students than last fall.
•Those returning to campus will find about 350 fewer course sections, an 8 percent cut.
•The introduction of furlough days — a first on campus — will result in professors taking two unpaid days off a month, including instruction days.
In short, students will be paying 30 percent more — $4,900 this year, not including room and board — for far less.
