POLITICS
Higher ed faculties face uncertainty
By Joe Kidd
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SAI.I.M Alarm flared in
the (lapitol Wednesday nvpr
potential faculty flight (torn Or
i'jiiii’s colleges .uni universities
as higher education's future
budgets face..the financial de
mauds of Measure .
nmrrtS Mm
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A icpresentalive of all fat uIt>
members in tin- State System of ,
Higher Kduiation demanded (
tli.it tlie Legislature ((insider |
the scare th.it future Measure i
( ills will cause s,i\ing tfi.it the
state could lose n\ en more t.11
nlt\ and staff members than the
711(1 who u ill lie laid oil fie
1 atise of 1*1*11 93 ( uts
Professor ( diaries W right . the
president of the Inter instill!
Initial I ,11 lilts Senate told the
Joint W avs and Means edu( a
lion subcommittee that some
form of a "safety net is need
ed to avoid fingering fm nits
and staff members for layoff as
Measure Vs pert <r. 1 uts up
p roach
Wright, who is a University
math professor personalized
the Measure 5 si are In desi rib
ing the response of a newly
hired member of his depart
intuit
Wright told of a numerical
analyst the mathematics depart
ment hired as part of the de
partment s long range strategy
because of massive budget
and program cuts He now
feels inset ure W right said
lie feels unapprei lated. and
he is leal ing
What do mu s.u if you're
tfie department head' Wright
asked the legislators '(amid
ion look film m the e\e and
sal You re safe here
W bile the legislative panel
has i ontemplateit a slough of
tough trade tiffs during its two
weeks of 1991 93 higher educa
lion budget analysis. Wright's
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cs (hill will .irisr in 11 v;lit ol
'i'l l ‘ 1') 1 uts budget si iMi.ir
ns I'vi'ii further 111 (hi* future
rbi' 1 rui 1.1I element is .ill .1
u.ilirr of liming
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uglier edutation must give 11s
.it uitv .Hid st.ill employees ,1
car’s .uts .1 in i' not it i' bi'fore
us 11 in them oil
1,noming l 'i‘M 'i 1 t uts t on It I
nt.il $ I nil million bom higher
tbit afioh almost tit nibit the
‘i'll 0 I red m I ions 111 in'
ponse lo . 1 'l‘i I ‘in i.uts highi'i
tint,ition vs ptild have to notify
,11 lilts members til potential
miffs In till- summer of t'l'U
Passage uf .1 new tax fn■ fort•
tlt.it summer could prevent tin'
r uts, avoiding otherwise mevi
table layoffs Hut according to
t he i urrent pot it u al atmos
phere the < fiances are dim
tiling that a new revenue souri e
i mild find its wa\ through the
legislative nia/e to a ImIIoI and
vote by Oregonians before the
summer of 1 U'l.t
\ml in light ot even further
cuts. W right ..ml many l.n 11 Itv
members would anticipate a
new round ot layoffs and look
lor work elsew here
Moreover the l egislature is
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