Purdue targets $30 million in cuts from West Lafayette campus budget

Purdue administrators want to cut at least $30 million from the West Lafayette campus budget. Here is a look at some key numbers:

Systemwide

Budget: $2.03 billion

State appropriations: $324.3 million

Student fees: $629 million

Federal stimulus: $16.4 million

Salary and wages: $536.3 million

West Lafayette campus

Budget: $1.72 billion

State appropriations: $248 million

Student fees: $512 million

Federal stimulus: $14 million

Salary and wages: $431.7 million

Timeline

Here are key moments in Purdue's fiscal management during the past year:

Dec. 20: Merit bonuses suspended, hiring slowed down

January: All departments told to cut 2 percent from budgets

April 1: Salary freeze announced for all employees in 2010 fiscal year

July 13: Trustees approve 5 percent tuition increase for instate students

July 28: Lawmakers ask Purdue to lower tuition

July 31: By this date $9.77 million, or 2 percent, of campus general fund was cut, including elimination of 147 jobs of which 80 that were left unfilled. No increase for supply and expense budgets

Oct. 2: Trustees approve a systemwide $2.03 billion budget for 2010-11, a 3.7 percent increase

Nov. 6: State tax collections come in 7.4 percent lower than expected

Friday: Purdue announces plans to cut at least $30 from budget