Area institutes of higher education plan for deep budget cuts - Jared Janes, The Monitor

Now the state has asked agencies to trim another 10 percent for the 2012-2013 biennium. The total reduction in state funding is estimated at $21.8 million at UTPA, which will collect $111.6 million in general fund revenue over the next two years During the first round of cuts, Nelsen told university employees that layoffs wouldn’t be necessary but now says he can no longer make that promise for 2012-13. Some new initiatives originally identified in UTPA’s initial budget could be scrapped as the university seeks ways to cut costs.