As part of a plan to reduce a $10 million deficit, the University of New Orleans will require furloughs for most of its employees during the current academic year.

Most employees at the University of New Orleans will be furloughed through the end of the fiscal year under a plan the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved Thursday. Until June 30,

University of New Orleans will furlough hundreds of staff and faculty members as it tackles a $10 million budget gap caused in part by decades of low enrollment. The furloughs are the latest measure the university has taken to further reduce its budget deficit,