Over the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the University cut 672 staff positions — approximately nine percent of the workers at Cornell. Since the start of the current school year, Cornell has cut an additional 61 positions.
The elimination of the Department of Education brings into focus the types of programs and departments on which the Strategic Plan will have the greatest effect.
The University will move forward with the implementation phase of their Strategic Plan, hoping to raise Cornell's standings into the top-ten of university rankings.
In response to budget strain and the rising use of electronic resources, by June 2011 the Engineering library will have all of its print collections relocated into other University libraries. Its electronic collections, which represent 99 percent of the library’s materials used by students, will be enhanced to maximize their use for learning and research.
The University has turned a new page for several campus libraries: by 2012, all the print collections of the Hotel School and Johnson School libraries will be relocated to the ILR School’s library as part of the University’s larger strategic planning process.
After administrators opted to make major cuts to the University's math department, math faculty remain concerned about the future quality of the department.
The Initiatives Coordination Office has set forth a number of cost-cutting measures that are expected to save the University $75 million annually by 2015.
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