LOS ANGELES ― California’s state universities plan to hire 700 full-time faculty members, putting the skids on years of class and staff reductions prompted by state budget cuts.
The decision came as the system is under pressure to move undergraduates faster and reduce reliance on temporary instructors, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Like many colleges across the country, Cal State universities have hired temporary teachers because of the budget cuts in recent years.
Money for the new hiring will come primarily from a $125 million increase in state funding last year and the juggling of resources on individual campuses.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2014-15 budget proposes an additional $142.2 million for both the California State University and the University of California systems.
Cal State schools are looking at record demand in the fall, with the number of undergraduate applications at its 23 campuses expected to exceed 760,000.
In 2010, there were 108 new hires for the system. Last year, there were 470.
