Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Layoffs looming? UMSL facing an $8 million budget shortfall - Koran Addo33. Stl Today

University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Thomas George on Monday said that in trying to plug an $8 million hole in its budget, the university could be facing a number of changes over the next six months to a year. And while layoffs aren’t currently under consideration, they remain a distinct possibility. “I can’t guarantee in the next year that people aren’t going to lose their jobs,” George said. “We’re looking at a lot of different things.” The problem, according to George, is that UMSL was expecting a 2 percent enrollment increase this year but got a 4 percent decrease instead. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/layoffs-looming-umsl-facing-an-million-budget-shortfall/article_3c3be2a0-f21d-54ef-b434-54d31d2adb32.html