The UNC-system Board of Governors will review final plans at its November meeting. The BOG released Oct. 11 the official amount each university must cut from its budget.
System schools were required to submit plans for anticipated budget cuts in April, said Jeff Davies, UNC-system vice president for finance. Davies said he expects to see the 16 campuses generally follow their April plans but that each university has the authority to distribute cuts within its departments.
"Preparations for final budget reductions have the benefit of several more months of research," he said.
UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Robert Shelton distributed cuts to departments before the BOG acted Oct. 11. At UNC-CH each department will be in charge of accounting for its own reductions.
N.C. State University has planned for the reductions since June, said George Worsley, N.C. State vice chancellor for finance and business. "We anticipated a cut around 5 percent," Worsley said. "As a result of that, we laid off 50 people."
N.C. State's administration and academic departments will see 4.5 percent and 2.5 percent budget cuts respectively, he said.
But Worsley said increased enrollment funds allowed the safety department space to expand and enter a contract with Pinkerton Security to provide greater security after two recent robberies.
Appalachian State University also has acted in anticipation of the cuts, said Bob Shaffer, ASU vice chancellor for public affairs. The university has seen a $5.7 million reduction in its budget since fall 2001-02, Shaffer said. He added that ASU froze unfilled faculty positions last winter in anticipation of further cuts but has yet to implement layoffs.
"What are in jeopardy are travel, faculty, supplies and equipment," Shaffer said. Equipment funds have been decreased as much as 80 percent in some departments, he said.
