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.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Progressive? CLAS firings reflect bias, not diversity, Independent Florida Alligator

December 4, 2008

Here at the Editorial Board, we have noticed that the repeated appearance of a few key factors in the Alligator has actually presented us with a defined cycle.

The failing economy leads to budget cuts. Budget cuts lead to layoffs. Layoffs lead to finger–pointing and angry protesters. And we get to document all of it.

This time around, the cycle is affecting the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. UF’s recent budget cuts have been widely reported locally, so it was not a surprise to see a large portion of the cutbacks aimed at UF’s largest college.

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