University of New Orleans is furloughing roughly 290 of its 575 full-time on-campus employees for differing periods of time during “at least” the rest of the 2024-25 academic year, following approval for the move from its governing board on Thursday. As it tries to stem a growing financial crisis, the public institution also signaled that it anticipates layoffs during the spring semester, though it did not specify the number. “The financial circumstances we face are a result of factors that have been years in the making,” President Kathy Johnson said in a campus message on Thursday. “Now, we must right-size our budget to match our current revenues.”
