State higher education leaders are making preparations in case the unprecedented happens, and a public university is forced to close.
All of Chicago State University’s 900 employees are on notice. They’ll lose their jobs if the governor and lawmakers don’t come through with cash.
“There’s nothing like this. There’s no playbook," Director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education James Applegate said.
Applegate has called a state crisis management team to help CSU develop contingency plans.
“How do you insure that regardless of what happens you are able to open certain services ... so that students can access their transcripts if they need them, in order to go to and attend another university to continue their education?,” Applegate said.
Other schools, like Western and Eastern, are making layoffs, due to the budget standoff.
