BATON ROUGE — LSU has fired its chief financial officer, the administrator in charge of handling sex-based discrimination complaints and its former diversity, equity and inclusion staff in what campus leaders say are cost-reducing layoffs, the Louisiana Illuminator reported Wednesday.
Twenty-five employees were let go last week, and LSU President Wade Rousse said the savings will be redirected to hire new faculty and fund research.
The layoffs will save LSU approximately $3.7 million, according to an analysis of state employee salaries, obtained in public records, and LSU’s reported benefit rates…