Layoffs Likely- OU academic colleges asked to make $26M in cuts

On Friday, February 28th, President Nellis notified all staff through email about, "Positioning the University for a positive and stronger future". In the email Nellis said, “We can and we must find savings in non-employee expenses, and we are enacting spending controls on external costs, such as consulting contracts - However, the majority of our operational costs, like most universities, are in our employees, and we will not be able to achieve reductions of this magnitude without reducing positions in most if not all colleges and administrative divisions.”

In an article in The Athens News, Reporter Connor Morris covers the story.