The Southern University Faculty Senate has voted to oppose a proposed agreement to voluntarily accept furloughs and shorter job termination notices.
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The Southern University Faculty Senate has voted to oppose a proposed agreement to voluntarily accept furloughs and shorter job termination notices.
The Advocate reports the vote came a day after new Southern Chancellor James Llorens said he "likely" will ask to declare a financial emergency next week unless nearly all of the faculty voted to agree to the two key requests.
Declaring a financial emergency, called exigency, allows the administration more leeway to lay off tenured faculty and axe academic programs.
After the vote Thursday, Southern Faculty Senate President Sudhir Trivedi said more cuts can be made in administrative expenses and that the maximum $2.2 million that could be saved through furloughs should not be the dividing line on declaring exigency. MORE
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