Eastern will be implementing unpaid furlough days for Administrative and Professional employees as part of a university-wide expense-cutting initiative to keep the budget balanced in fiscal year 2016.
Paul...
Eastern will begin laying off employees to offset impending budget cuts from the state and low enrollment beginning in July, according to an email President David Glassman sent to faculty and staff at...
Eastern faces a potential $13.85 million cut in the fiscal year 2016 budget while uncertainty remains as to what the final numbers will be and when the governor will give his approval.
Illinois Sen....
The three boards funded by student fees all suffered 8 percent budget cuts this year because of low enrollment.
These boards include University Board, student government and the Student Recreation Center.
Student...
The Faculty Senate will address a conflict that arose from the State University Civil Service System (SUCSS) reportedly acting without proper consultation on Tuesday.
According to a statement from the...
President Bill Perry released an email Friday detailing three additional areas that will be acted on to alleviate the $7 million budget cut, as well as saying no to more personnel reductions.
The combined...
Retirements came unexpectedly to Eastern’s four colleges who are now working to fill vacant positions.
John Willems, the chair of the School of Business, said business professor Dean Elmuti found...
President Bill Perry said he will announce what areas of the university will experience budget cuts through a mass email by the end of next week.
He said times have been rough in the last four to five...
Personnel and operational expenses, along with selective investing in programs with positive enrollment growth, were a few of the items listed in an email Eastern sent out detailing areas of budgetary...
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