"Until the final budget reduction is known it is not possible to anticipate the impact to the campus performance indicators. However, this much is known. Based on the Division of Administration's directive to prepare for a $71.9 million budget reduction for LSU, the consequences will be felt by students, faculty and ultimately the state's knowledge based workforce.
The budget reduction will reduce the number of instructional and research faculty and as a consequence require the remaining faculty to increase their teaching load each semester. The reduction of faculty will also mean many classes will be taught by adjuncts and part time instructors...Accreditation issues may surface with SACS and other governing agencies relative to the reduction in full-time faculty...
Students will experience large class sizes with faculty reduction. To remedy the decrease in class offerings with the loss of faculty many classes will need to be offered using adjunct faculty...[and] they will only be able to teach in the late evening and on weekends...the time to degree attainment will increase significantly."
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