A collection of news stories from around the state, focusing on the budget cuts and other news of interest to UF faculty, students, staff, and alums.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Budget cuts squeeze Florida State U students, CBS

July 7, 2008

Following the June 13 Board of Trustees budget ratification meeting, Florida State University has begun initiating changes in order to cope with the recent $32 million loss in state funding.

"We've come up with several ways to reduce expenses," said FSU English Department Chair Ralph Berry. "We've eliminated office telephones for all of our TAs and for about one-third of our faculty and we've begun to ration paper and photocopying."

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