Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Susan Edwards, Wright State University president, said university leaders have not discussed the possibility of laying off employees.
Wright State needs greater clarity from the state about its share of instruction funding before having that painful discussion, Edwards said in a wide-ranging interview with the Dayton Daily News Thursday evening.
“The reason we have not discussed this is we have not received any definitive numbers” from the state about funding, said Edwards, whom trustees named university president last year.
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“We’re planning for everything right now,” Edwards said, describing her message to the Wright State community. “But we need you to understand that the only way we’re going to get through this is together.”
Wright State’s situation is not unique. The University of Dayton announced this week that it will furlough 446 employees and lay off 60 others this summer.
Marquette University announced recently it will furlough about 250 employees beginning in mid-April. Bob Jones University, a evangelical university in Greenville, S.C., said it will furlough 50 employees and possibly more later, according to national reports.
