Mizzou Announces Layoffs - Cites Declining Funding, Enrollment Drop
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/mizzou-announces-layoffs-cites-declining-funding-enrollment-drop/687918169 Apr 06, 2017
The University of Missouri-Columbia is laying off 20 employees. MU spokesman Christian Basi tells Missourinet 20 administrative employees in MU’s Division of Operations will be laid off, effective July 1.
Basi says the 20 employees’ responsibilities include Mizzou’s physical plant in Columbia and the safety of campus.
“This is the toughest decision that managers and directors at the university have to make, and it is very, very difficult for us to tell individuals that we do not have the resources to continue to employ them,” Basi says.
Basi emphasizes that the layoffs will not compromise the University’s safety.
He says the layoffs are due to a decline in state funding and an enrollment drop....
...Basi says total enrollment in the fall of 2016 was 33,266, with 4,772 freshmen. In the fall of 2015, total enrollment was 35,448, with 6,191 freshmen....
