Even UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser endorses the move to outsource 15 dental school jobs to a local lab. The move will be more efficient. Regardless, UNC’s Employee Forum is opposed to it and is asking Moeser for a one-year moratorium. But here is the real kicker in this story. Emphasis is mine.

At the Employee Forum meeting Wednesday, some delegates also expressed concern that the dental school outsourcing could be the start of a dangerous trend. Other positions could be cut as part of UNC President Erskine Bowles’ goal of reducing costs in the university system, delegates said.

I guess those of us who endorse fiscal responsibility are really living on the edge!