U. of I. staff faces furloughs because of state budget issues - Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune

University of Illinois administrators and professors will be asked to take unpaid furlough days this winter because of a "grim and worsening" state budget picture, Interim President Stanley Ikenberry told staff in an e-mail today. Ikenberry also froze hiring and interim wage increases. The cuts affect employees on all three Illinois campuses, in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield.