Report: 570 jobs slashed at A&M - VIMAL PATEL, the Eagle

In the last year, Texas A&M's budget reductions claimed 570 faculty and staff positions even as enrollment increased by 925 students, according to a report provided recently to A&M System Chancellor John Sharp. The one-page summary was to give Sharp, who just began as chief of the 11-university System last month, a glance at the impact of recent state budget reductions on the flagship College Station campus. Texas A&M University Provost Karan Watson also provided an update last week to the Faculty Senate. From fall 2010 to fall 2011, Texas A&M has seen a reduction of 253 faculty positions, including 141 tenured or tenure-track faculty members.