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UCF previously announced a proposal to deletes several academic programs in responserto $77.2 million in stater budget cuts. But a July 10 releas said keeping statistics will preserve 12 faculty and two stafrf jobs and allow 75 students to continus inthe program. Statistics will have to increase degree productiojn and put a greater emphasix on biostatistics anddata “After further consideration in recent I believe a restructuring of statisticw will allow us to preserve the prograk as long as it meetd new productivity measures,” said UCF Provost and Executive Vice Presidenr Terry Hickey.
The suspension of actuarial science has the same personnelk and instructional impactsas deletion, but allows the programn to be reinstated later if Actuarial sciences would be phased out in two Both statistics and actuarial sciences are programse in the College of Since 2007, UCF has had $77.2 million cut from its recurrinvg state budget, which includes a $38.3 million cut for the 2009-10p budget that took effect July 1. The remaining four programs proposefd forelimination are: cardiopulmonary sciences and radiologic sciences; engineering technology; and management information systems.
The amendee proposal involves 37 employees andabout 1,025 If approved, the cuts would save UCF aboutt $4.6 million. Programs would be phasedd out overtwo years, and affectef employees would remain with UCF until at least the end of sprinbg 2010. Affected students would be assisted with a path todegreed completion. The UCF board of trusteex will discuss the revise d proposal at a committee meetingJuly 13. Its educationa l programs committee will vote on whether to recommend the revised proposal to thefull board, which will meet later in July to take officiao action.
No final decisions will be made at thiscommittees meeting, which is open to the