The Southern University Board of Supervisors has approved a reorganization plan that will lead to nearly 90 faculty and staff termination notices going out early next year. The Advocate reports that Southern Chancellor James Llorens said an additional $2.9 million in state budget cuts announced Friday will force many of the staff layoffs to come earlier in the spring semester than previously hoped.
California State University faculty will echo the Occupy movement Tuesday and Wednesday as professors and lecturers picket on campus - for a couple of hours, anyway - to vent frustration with the "1 percent" running the university.
Indiana University employees will pay up to 10 times more than they've paid in 2011 for health insurance next year, depending on how much they earn and what plan they choose.
Central Washington University President James Gaudino will earn $500,000 in incentive pay if he stays with the university for five more years, under a contract renewal approved this month by the school's trustees.
Rutgers University has appointed a 24-member committee, hired a $150,000 consulting firm and begun identifying candidates to replace outgoing president Richard McCormick, school officials said today.
