Senior University of Cincinnati executives Friday searched for expenses to slash after learning that the latest state-budget cuts would cost them more than $11 million this school year.

        “As you can imagine, there is a flurry of stuff going on about this,” spokesman Greg Hand said. “We're looking at everything.”

        Gov. Bob Taft announced the latest cuts this week and Mr. Hand said the Board of Regents estimated that Ohio public universities would lose 6 percent of their annual subsidies.

        That's more than $11 million from UC's current subsidy, on top of cuts made earlier this year in excess of $8 million.

        Coming after classes began, the lost funds mean UC must find one-time expenses it can avoid — and possibly some permanent cuts — to get through the school year.

        Because UC assumes the lost state funds are permanent, it must find another $11 million in long-term savings next year, Mr. Hand said.

        More than $10 million of the annual loss will come from undesignated general funds.

        “We've gone to the obvious sources this year for the first 8 million,” Mr. Hand said. “It's going to be a little harder to find the next 10 million.”

        At Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, spokesman Bruce Stoecklin said the cuts would force a review of all operating budgets and it was premature to speculate where hits might come.

        UC expects to lose another $10 million or more each year when state legislators decide how many additional billions must be spent to satisfy an Ohio Supreme Court mandate to improve funding for K-12 public education.

        No one knows when that will come down.

        Typical one-time cuts range from reducing annual departmental travel and periodical subscriptions to refinancing bonds and deferring maintenance, Mr. Hand said.

        oSlashing positions and programs are permanent cuts. Some could be academic, some could be administrative. He said it could be a week before UC officials have an idea which permanent universitywide cuts might produce required savings next year.

        So far, none of this has forced UC to reduce its faculty pay offer, Mr. Hand said. Instead, “We may have to take additional cuts elsewhere to meet salary expectations.”

        Mr. Hand also said it was too early to say whether falling state subsidies would force UC layoffs but if that were required, any savings would not be realized until the 2002-03 school year.

        The board of the faculty union — the American Association of University Professors — Friday reviewed its negotiating strategy in light of the university's latest positions and Gov. Taft's announced cuts.

        John Brackett, associate professor of history and chief faculty negotiator, would not comment on the strategy, saying only AAUP will be in touch with faculty as soon as possible.

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