Higher education took a big hit when the General Assembly cut state funding to close a budget deficit. Schools have reacted in different ways. Here is a look at cuts at some schools and what they did to address them:

CLEMSON

Cut: $26 million, 15.7 percent

Solution: Mandatory five-day furlough for faculty and staff; delay construction projects

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

Cut: $6.2 million, 18.7 percent

Solution: Limit travel; hiring slowdown

FRANCIS MARION

Cut: $3.4 million, 17.7 percent

Solution: Delay construction projects; eliminate some community and student-assistance programs; hold open some positions

MUSC

Cut: $16.8 million, 17.6 percent

Solution: Four-day furlough for 1,200 employees

S.C. STATE

Cut: $3.4 million, 14.8 percent

Solution: Hiring freeze; limits on travel; energy conservation

S.C. TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

Cut: $25 million, 14.4 percent

Solution: Eliminate 22 positions from the system’s Columbia office; individual colleges are cutting expenses, ordering furloughs and reassigning staff

WINTHROP

Cut: $3.4 million, 14.8 percent

Solution: Impose a $50 “state appropriation reduction adjustment” fee; limit travel; defer an arts festival; keep some faculty and staff positions open; increase some class sizes

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