The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates 60 positions and enacts over 16-million dollars in budget cuts to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNL moved forward with $16.38 million in budget reductions as part of a larger plan to address a $38.2 million shortfall in state-aided funding through 2023.
Details include:
- Elimination of 42 vacant positions with the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Office of Research and Economic Development, Student Affairs, and Business and Finance;
- Elimination of 18 current positions in the Office of the Chancellor and Business and Finance;
- Shifting of 25 filled positions to non-state aided funding in the Office of the Chancellor, IANR and Student Affairs;
- $1.8 million in general salary pool reductions; and
- $6.9 million in cuts to operating expenses and other cost-savings across the university.
The university and Academic Planning Committee will, by Sept. 4, announce $22.5 million in proposed second phase reductions. The committee will conduct hearings on the reductions in September and October before making final recommendations in early November.