Budget plan to cut more jobs - Mark Smith, Abilene Christian University

About a year and a half ago, Dr. Phil Schubert stood before a packed Hart Auditorium, twice, to give details on a plan to cut $10 million from the university’s budget. The two-year plan, effective in May 2012, called for elimination of about 35 university positions. A handful of those positions, most of them in Student Life, are about to be cut [once again]before next semester. Dr. Allison Garrett, executive vice president of the university, said the budget cuts will eliminate five and a half full-time staff positions before the Fall 2013 semester. She said the university will also financially take advantage of some staff retirements and departures from the university by not replacing them, or changing job descriptions. Garrett also said some position’s duties have been revised, with some of those employees having been let go because their skill sets did not match the revised position. She said the positions to be cut are confidential. http://www.acuoptimist.com/2013/05/budget-plan-to-cut-more-jobs/