Millersville University president says layoffs are necessary - KARI ANDREN, The Patriot-News

In a effort to cut spending at Millersville University, its president, Francine McNairy, announced in a letter Tuesday to the campus community that position eliminations and layoffs are necessary. "As my communications over the past two years have reported, during this time period we have been able to manage our budget by reducing operating expenses by $7.6 million and controlling personnel costs by eliminating or not filling 37 vacant positions. However, we continue to foresee a deficit for 2010-11 of approximately $3.4 million based on an anticipated shortfall in the Commonwealth’s annual support to the State System of Higher Education.... Today, I regret to inform you we must move ahead with further action by abolishing several staff positions. Unfortunately, we have had to eliminate or freeze 25 positions: ten administrative positions and 15 non-instructional positions. Of these, five are currently filled and the incumbents will be laid off."