SIUE hoping to avoid furloughs; Carbondale campus could face some cutbacks - ELIZABETH DONALD, News-Democrat

While the Southern Illinois University president has asked the campuses to consider furloughs next year, SIUE will probably not have to implement them. SIU legislative liaison Dave Gross confirmed that President Glenn Poshard has asked all campuses of the SIU system to put together a furlough plan on paper, and to see if they will be able to balance next year's budget without furloughs or layoffs. For Edwardsville, the answer is, "probably." For Carbondale, it's "probably not."