Utah State University will restructure its academic programs—including several large-scale mergers and a still unknown number of employee layoffs—in order to make up lost funds from the state’s budgets cuts for higher education.
The northern Utah land-grant school announced its initial plans for consolidating departments and colleges in a letter to faculty and staff Thursday. Fears and concerns swiftly followed.
Interim USU President Alan L. Smith said in the message, though, it is unclear at this point how many “associated personnel reductions” will be necessary.
Read more at The Salt Lake Tribune.
