UF's proposed cuts have started claiming victims.
The budget at the College of Journalism and Communications may be cut by 10 percent, according to college dean John Wright Jr. Wright, who spoke to a crowd of about 20 students Tuesday in the Reitz Union Auditorium, answered questions about the cuts.
Wright said he must prepare to make cuts of up to 10 percent, about $909,000. The first series of cuts resulted in a trim of about 10.26 percent, about $1 million.
Most of the money was pulled from the expense funds of programs in the college, and some professors who left during that time were not replaced, he said.
Although Wright touted the fact that he made the first set of cuts without firing any faculty, he was not sure the same would be true this time.
"I have to be strategic about it," he said. "My goal is to protect the fundamental core of our department's mission."
Wright said despite the possible 10 percent cut, he hopes the state legislature will pass a bill increasing tuition by 15 percent a year for the next four years. If passed, the increase would put money towards replenishing programs and filling open faculty positions, he said.
Several students from the Documentary Institute, a program in the college's telecommunications department, voiced their concerns after the program received a cut of $250,000 last fall. Wright said he understood their concerns but couldn't guarantee the program would not be cut more.
