EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Layoffs at Michigan State University have already begun and there are plans for more.
University officials say the layoffs are due to a decrease in federal funding mixed with an increase in operating costs. The university has already confirmed that it is laying off nine workers from the radio station, WKAR, and more than a hundred workers from MSU Extension.
MSU begins some layoffs amid financial uncertainty
MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz told WLNS, WOOD TV8’s sister station in Lansing, that there will be more layoffs. Officials are still trying to figure out exactly how many jobs will be lost.
“It is painful that there will be some positions eliminated as a result of this budget reduction process,” Guskiewicz said…