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Despite Staff Layoffs, Univ. Continues to Hire Student Workers
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Amid recent layoffs and a reduction in the size of its workforce through incentivized retirement and attrition, the University doesn’t have plans to make any major changes to student employment, although the administration conceded that it is still unclear how budget cuts will impact specific student positions.
According to the Office of Financial Aid and Student Employment, 6,976 students worked 11,433 hourly jobs for on-campus employers and local community service agencies during the 2008-2009 academic year, although the number of hourly student employees has decreased slightly over the past three years.
At this time, however, the administration is not concerned about a significant decrease in jobs as a result of the University’s perilous financial situation.