Georgia Schools Cut It Out
Posted on November 11, 2008
Filed Under News, The Daily Prereq | By Jessica Dye
If you think cutting that third latte out of your daily routine is a drag, the state of Georgia’s recession-related budget woes have your semi-caffeinated self beat. They’re not the only ones, though–California and New York public universities, as well as a slew of private institutions, are slashing expenses to shore up their endowments for hard times ahead. Via Bloomberg, check out these cost-cutting measures Peach State schools are trying to shave $136 million off their beleaguered budget:
- The University of Georgia libraries are canceling subscriptions to at least 660 academic publications to save $1.66 million a year. Forty-seven TAs will also lose their jobs.
- Some UGA professors will no longer be giving hand-outs printed on paper, because trees are expensive (see also: the crumbling newspaper industry).
- The UGA campus study hall, usually open 24 hours a day, will now close at 2 a.m. to save staff and utility costs.
- Georgia Tech was forced to cut its landscaping budget by $50,000. A hiring freeze has been placed on non-tenured professor positions, and 15 custodial staffers lost their jobs.
- Sadly, the Georgia Tech history club has been forced to stop ordering pizza for its bimonthly meetings, in order to free up money for museum visits.
- UGA’s College of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences will not be able to hire an entomologist to study bug-related issues with Georgia’s peanut crops.
That’s right, no peanut doctors! These are tough times, indeed.
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