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Letter to Yudof: UC Davis may ax 500 jobs to cope with budget cuts

Byuclafaculty

UC Davis may ax 500 jobs to cope with budget cuts

Mar. 1, 2011, Sacramento Bee, Laurel Rosenhall

UC Davis will probably eliminate 450 to 500 jobs, charge students extra fees and make it harder for California students to be admitted as a result of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut $500 million from the University of California’s statewide budget. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi listed those changes in a letter to UC President Mark Yudof that outlined how the cuts would affect the campus. UC Davis’ plan assumes the campus will face a $107 million shortfall in 2011-12, Katehi wrote, because the state is sending less money to the university at the same time UC plans to spend more on salaries, health care and funding its retirement plan.

Her proposal is, in some ways, a “best-case” scenario because it does not address the deeper cuts likely if voters or legislators reject Brown’s proposal to continue tax increases.

“We have not prepared a full ‘Plan B’ scenario involving cuts to the university of $1 billion or more in the event that the governor’s proposed tax extensions fail,” Katehi wrote…

Full story at http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/01/3438590/uc-davis-may-ax-500-jobs-to-cope.html

Actually, forget scissors and axes; here is Plan B:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgYgl4OodeY]

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