EXPECTING MIRACLES: Budget cuts hit CAES hard - Polina Marinova, Red and Black

For the University’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, downsizing is nothing new. But after the announced budget reductions for fiscal year 2012, it’s getting old. “With the most recent cuts, we simply didn’t have anyone left to retire or move from state funds to contractual funds,” said Scott Angle, CAES dean. “We’ve done all that in the past. We had no more rabbits to pull out of the hat this time around to try to save jobs.” As a result, Angle was forced to lay off 18 CAES staff and put up a large research farm for sale. Since the beginning of FY09, the college has lost more than $21.7 million and 355 positions. And though no faculty was laid off as a result of budget reductions, faculty hiring initiatives were also postponed.