Colorado State University lays off 34 in cost-cutting move

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University has laid off 34 faculty and staff members in a cost-cutting move caused by decreased state revenue support in the current fiscal year that started July 1.

But the layoffs are far less than those projected last spring, when CSU was expecting to lay off up to 95 faculty members and 150 staff in a 10 percent across-the-board reduction to meet a $23 million funding shortfall from the state.

Brad Bohlander, CSU spokesman, said of the 34 actually laid off, two were non-tenure-track faculty, 24 were administrative staff and eight were state classified employees.

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Bohlander said the reduced number of layoffs was attributed in part to a tuition increase of about 20 percent set to go into effect for the 2011-12 school year.

Bohlander said no more layoffs are expected for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

“At this point, we’ve got a balanced budget and we’re strong heading into this fiscal year,” he said. “So for right now, we’re OK but we’ll just have to see how things look as we approach our next fiscal year.”