Deeper Cuts at St. Cloud State

Just a few weeks after St. Cloud State University announced that two dozen faculty jobs would be eliminated in the next year, it announced plans to eliminate another 100 faculty jobs within five years, The Star Tribune reported.

Seventy programs and majors will also be eliminated.

The university said it faces an $18 million budget deficit for fall 2023, and that will grow to $24.5 million the following year.

“Everybody’s morale is just kaput,” said Carolyn Hartz, department chair for philosophy, which is one major being phased out over the next few years.