University, System plagued by state budget cuts - Xerxes A. Wilson, LSU Reveille

In the most recent cut, the Baton Rouge campus bled $12.6 million through horizontal cuts — cuts to every division, college and department — at the beginning of the semester. Because of this cut, the University parted with 13 employees and eliminated 153 vacant positions. The University sent non-renewal notices to more than 400 faculty in February ending their employment as of February 2011.