Employee cuts at University of Idaho
Submitted by Kathleen Kreller on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 10:48am.
The University of Idaho is preparing to cut about 5 percent of its faculty and staff positions.
The university is not allowed under the state constitution to use increases in student fees to pay for instruction, interim President Steven Daley-Laursen told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee Monday morning.
The positions that will be cut are likely those currently vacant. Daley-Laursen said the university currently has 32 vacant faculty positions and 55 vacant staff positions.
Daley-Laursen detailed plans for the university in the coming fiscal year.
"I urge you to consider the University of Idaho as an instrument of the people and as a knowledge resource," he said.
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If they can't use the
If they can't use the increase in student fees to pay for instruction, what is that money going to? Further, I'd rather have my fees going to pay the instructors rather than funding a football team that doesn't give the school a monetary return.
Another ignorant comment
The student fees go to a lot of things, not just to athletics. They go to student activities, the rec center, speakers that come to campus, student health, transit programs, student media, ect. If people want that student fee raise to go to instructors, then the state constitution should be changed then. You Boise State football fanatics are so obsessed about football at UI, look at your own university. A university's job is to educate students. BSU has one of the lowest six year graduation rates out of any school that fields a Division IA football team. That is a disgrace.
Mistakeman Troll - You do have a problem focusing
It is unfortunate that U of I is getting hit with a budget cut. That has nothing to do with BSUs football team. You go on the other MWC message board and brag up how much better UofI is than BSU academically. You come on here and attack BSU again because they beat you in football. The UofI's graduation and retention rate is always going to be higher than BSU's. Why, because there is no place to work while going to school in Moscow ID. The town would number about 3,000 if the University wasn't there. BSU allows more of Idaho's citizens the opportunity to go to college than any other school in the state. Some don't make it through. Some families don't have the resources to send their kid off to Moscow for four years with no opportuntiy to work at all while getting their education. Public education isn't about whose better, it is about the opportunity to get the education. Unfortunately,Moscow ID is too remote to be accessible to most Idahoans.
Oh that box...wrapped and shut tight
How about changing the law...even temporarily. ALso, what a great time to cut hard sciences like physics...so Idaho can slip backwards?
TV today
I saw a story today on the TV that said that U of I freshmen were failing at a highest rate recorded, what's up with that? Is that a sign to come??
On campus University vs. a commuter University
BSU is designed for the non-traditional student that works 25 to 30 hours a weeks or more. Their students are typically married and have families. University of Idaho's student enrollment is the traditional 18 to 23 year old kids that may or may not work part time. Frank has a point, if a student cannot get enough scholarships and grants and are uncomfortable with possibly a large student loan debt when they graduate probably will not consider a school like Idaho. My colleagues son goes to the University and he said the total annual cost is about $15K per year. His son has was able to secure a couple of scholarships and has a part time job working on campus so he said that he is picking up about $3,000 per year. I did the same thing when I went to USC. I paid for the bulk of it and Dad covered the rest for four years. My fifth year I was on my own so I took out a student loan to cover the rest. I had friends that opted for Cal State Bakersfield, and Mesa College because it was less expensive and they could work and go to school, but we had completely different college experiences... However, in the end we both ended up with degrees which I guess is the whole goal in the process.