Nearly 140 Ohio University faculty signed a statement that calls for the university administration to place academics, professors and students at the forefront of consideration when restructuring its budget, which is expected to continue operating at a significant deficit, rather than prioritizing large administrative salaries. The statement, written in collaboration with several faculty members across university departments, arrived weeks after Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah Shaffer outlined bleak financial projections to the OU Board of Trustees that show the university expects to incur nearly $300 million in losses in the coming years even after laying off hundreds of employees and mandating furloughs for most who remained.
