USM Imposes Hiring Freezes

In response the the impending budget cuts, the USM has imposed a hiring freeze across all USM institutions as per a memo sent to all state institutions Thursday afternoon.

How are these measures to combat the declining USM budget going to affect designated growth institutions like Towson University who plans to increase the next few years of freshman classes by 700 students. Can schools that are on track with a growth plan, increasing the student body an building new facilities survive these freezes if we cannot hire staff and faculty to teach more classes?

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