Florida State University hiring freeze, WCTV (Tallahassee)

October 31, 2008

The Florida State University president, T.K. Wetherell, yesterday announced he would put a hiring freeze into effect for the university.

T.K. Wetherell says that FSU is working with 25 million dollars less than they had last year. He also estimates that number could jump to 70 million dollars in the 2009 school year. With 80 percent of the university's budget in personnel alone, a decision has been made to put a freeze on hiring new employees.

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FSU's Wetherell to seek tuition increase; takes shot at BOG, Tallahassee Democrat

By Stephen D. Price
October 30, 2008

Florida State University is under a hiring freeze and officials will lobby lawmakers to raise tuition for next fall if legislative budget cuts become too severe.

Those were some of the issues FSU President T.K. Wetherell spoke on Thursday during his state of the university address at the 2008 Fall Meeting of the General Faculty.

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