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Bowling Green State University announced Friday that it will cut the size of its faculty by 11 percent, eliminating 100 full-time faculty jobs, The Toledo Blade reported. The reduction will be made by not filling positions of those who resign or retire, and also by not renewing many one-year teaching contracts. Officials said that more than $5 million would be saved, and that the funds would be invested in other priorities. In addition, administrators said that there would be no impact on the quality of instruction students receive.
David Jackson, president of the faculty union, said faculty members were not told of the plan in advance. He also said that the quality of instruction would be hurt, and that the student-to-faculty ratio would go up. "These are not aimless cuts that will not have an effect on students," he said. "It is unconceivable that this will not have a negative effect on the quality of education here at BGSU."
