By Adam Aasen
With the anticipated next round of budget cuts weighing on their minds, University of North Florida administrators are trying to figure out how bad things might get. UNF’s Board of Trustees was presented several scenarios on Thursday. One was optimistic: It’s possible, although unlikely, the school could see about $3 million more than its preliminary budget, which could mean more professors being hired. And one wasn’t: A worst case would see a shortfall of at least $5 million that could lead to academic programs being eliminated. It depends on how much Legislature cuts in higher education and how by much tuition is increased. This month, legislators met in a special session and cut about 4 percent of the state university system’s current fiscal year budget. Many lawmakers are now worried that next year’s higher education budget might be up to 14 percent less than the current budget.
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