Georgia State University eliminated 300 positions Monday, saving the college about $9 million as leaders try to make up cuts in state funding.
No faculty positions were eliminated and college officials said the cuts will not affect students' classes. About 30 of the positions were currently staffed and employees were told Monday their jobs were eliminated. Their last day of work will be June 30, spokeswoman Andrea Jones said.
The remaining positions were vacant and included part-time instructors, graduate and student assistants and temporary employees.
"A reduction in force was an unavoidable solution," college President Mark Becker said in a news release. "As difficult as these decisions were for our deans and vice presidents, they were absolutely necessary to assure Georgia State's future."
Georgia State is facing about $26 million in state cuts for the 2010 fiscal year. The shortfall would have been worse, but the college received about $10.9 million in stimulus money.
To further cuts costs officials have restricted travel and will close the campus for an additional week between fall and spring semesters.
The college also expects to make up the difference with an increase in student enrollment and tuition and fee increases the state Board of Regents approved in April, Jones said.
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