he says he thinks his department won't be hit hard, but notifications will be made thursday & friday

ouch!

crossing her fingers that he will still have a job at the end of the week. he seems optimistic, but I always freak out

Quinn, considering we both work in an educational field, do all these layoffs scare you? or is higher education less affected?

would think that due to economic downturn, less enrollment. We have yet to see that here though, Fall was higher than expected. Not sure

what spring 09 was though... hm.

lots of people are going back to school, actually (although one has to wonder if they will chose art as a field...)

yeah that's the thing. Art school, in economic downturn... 95% of our income comes from tuition too.

kinda scary to think about

like neil said, people give up and go back to school. That means a rise in graduate enrollment, but undergrad often dips, albeit slightly.

they are not admitting as many undergrads into the UCs. low funding. :/

our overall enrollment is up slightly, but we're facing preemptive budget cuts.

good luck

thanks <3

good luck t