Professors, coaches and police officers are among those being laid off from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette while school officials try to make up for a $25 million deficit.
A list of 56 jobs that the university is cutting, which The Acadiana Advocate received through a public records request, shows that they include workers across a wide array of departments, from academic counselors to assistant coaches. Of those being laid off, their annual salaries ranged from $16,153 to $171,600.
The eliminated positions should lead to $5 million in savings for the university. A new website that UL unveiled this week about the budget crisis says they’ve made enough headway to offset $20.5 million in the deficit, with roughly $5 million left to go…