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.
Showing posts with label College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Show all posts

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Florida state-wide budget cuts hit home for some UF professors, WCJB-TV

By Brittany Soeder
June 12, 2008

une 10th 2009 is the final day for some of UF's tenure-track professors. They will empty out their book shelves and for some, start the long process of tenure all over again.

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Money for UF hires draws grumbling, Gainesville Sun

By Nathan Crabbe
June 12, 2008

In the same week that faculty layoff notices were issued, University of Florida trustees are considering a tuition increase that allows as many as 20 new faculty members and advisers to be hired.

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As long as they don't cut football..., Tampa Times

By Howard Troxler
June 12, 2008

There was a little blip in the news the other day about the resignation of the dean of arts and sciences at the University of South Florida.

This news did not exactly set off shock waves across Tampa Bay. Maybe it would have been a bigger deal if Hulk Hogan's family were somehow involved.

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USF overhauls colleges to counter budget cuts, Tampa Tribune

By Adam Emerson
June 12, 2008

TAMPA - University of South Florida leaders have swept through their various colleges and reworked the way they will deliver a higher education to meet the grim budget realities they now face.

The biggest changes will hit the College of Arts and Sciences, USF's largest. Although the college gains some institutes that stood alone at the university, it will undergo an administrative overhaul and lose some disciplines to other colleges.

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

CLAS Faculty Upset as College Bears Brunt of Layoffs, Independent Florida Alligator

By Deborah Swerdlow, Alligator Contributing Writer
May 13, 2008

To meet its share of a $47 million budget cut, UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will reduce its foreign language offerings, lay off more than 30 faculty and staff and eliminate three Ph.D. programs.



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