Why is The University of Arizona implementing a furlough?
This is a cost saving measure designed to respond to budget reductions imposed by the Arizona State Legislature. Furloughs provide temporary dollars and thus allow the University to transition to a new, smaller state base budget for FY2010 in a thoughtful and strategic fashion. Furloughs will not lessen or reduce the burden of permanent cuts that will need to be implemented. However, we do hope that as the furloughs give us more time to apply the permanent cuts, we will achieve more of the necessary workforce reduction through voluntary attrition and less through layoffs.
