Update
By Donald K. Wedding
The Toledo Blade reported in a front-page article on Saturday, September 5, 2009 that President Jacobs has withdrawn his furlough plan. In an earlier front-page article on Friday, September 4, 2009, the Blade reported that the total bonuses paid out by Jacobs over the past four years exceeded $1.5 million.
In Sunday's edition of the Blade of September 6, 2009, the Blade editorial challenged Jacobs decision to award bonuses at a time he was terminating and furloughing lower-paid employees. The Blade also published a cartoon on Sunday, September 6.
Links to all three Blade articles and the cartoon are provided below.
The Blade | Published 09/04/09UT officials get $570,000 in bonuses
The University of Toledo paid out almost $570,000 in administrative bonuses last school year while reducing the campus work force by 300 employees to address a budget deficit. The bonuses were part of $1.5 million handed out to administrators over the last four years... The Blade | Published 09/05/09
University of Toledo calls off furlough plan over holidaysAfter making plans to shut down the university around the holidays, the University of Toledo now says it will not require unpaid furlough days of its employees this year... The Blade | Published 09/06/09
An 'F' in public policyTHE revelation that top officials at the University of Toledo are being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses on top of their generous salaries was unseemly at best, especially in light of continuing cutbacks, layoffs, and President Lloyd Jacob's plan to have all employees take one or two days off without pay...
Reprinted with permission from The Blade.
Published September 06, 2009
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