Dozens of Eastern Illinois University employees are receiving layoff notices this week.
University spokeswoman Vicki Woodard says in an effort to bring the size of the university in line with current enrollment and funding, 118 civil service and administrative and professional positions are being eliminated.
She says more than 50 of those positions were previously vacated by employees who retired or resigned from the university.
Woodard says efforts to notify employees affected started Monday and will continue through Wednesday.
Eastern President David Glassman says an additional number of individuals (not included in the 118) holding A&P or academic support positions will be notified of position elimination or reduction of their annual 12-month employment to 10 or 11 months soon.
The university is trying to plan for the school year without knowing how much money it will receive from the state.
An ongoing stalemate between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly means the state has no budget for the fiscal year that started in July.
Rauner earlier this year proposed steep cuts for higher education.