The University of Idaho implemented a "strategic hiring freeze" in fiscal year 2009. It's now down 44 regular faculty and 36 staff positions, not including changes in part-timers; the total reduction in full-time equivalent employees from the general education budget is 136. Add in 73 cut from the Ag Research and Extension Services, and the total cut is 203 positions. All non-essential travel has been cut. The UI also has furloughed most of its employees. "The freeze on hiring and the reduction in travel have been important management tools, but these are short-term cuts and they're not sustainable," Nellis told lawmakers. UI has 70 physical locations around the state; it now has more than $200 million in deferred maintenance on those structures.
 

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