SAN BERNARDINO - Part-time faculty and temporary staff members at Cal State San Bernardino may lose their jobs next year as the university cuts $8.3 million from its budget.

"Surely, it will have implications for temporary employees and part-timers," university President Al Karnig said after a University Budget Council meeting Thursday.

The number of part-time faculty members at risk is unknown. But hundreds of course sections have been cut for the spring semester, which starts this month, said Dorothy Chen-Maynard, president of the campus chapter of the California Faculty Association.

The union is planning workshops to tell lecturers their rights and show them how to apply for unemployment.

Enrollment cuts and fee increases will squeeze savings from students, too.

The university may also consolidate departments and programs, leave positions vacant, offer voluntary furloughs and cut back on promotions and raises.

Salaries and benefits account for 83 percent of Cal State San Bernardino's $121.5 million budget.

The goal is to protect quality programs for students and "permanent employees who have made deep and abiding commitments to the university," Karnig said.

At universities, lecturers are considered temporary employees. Some teach at one school full time. Many teach part time at one or several universities and colleges, scraping together a living with several paychecks.

Most of their employment contracts are "contingent on budget and enrollment," said Beverly Gallo, a lecturer in the philosophy department and the California Faculty Association representative for the university's lecturers.

"That's what the big problem is," Gallo said. "They're cutting back on enrollment and we have a big budget problem. Even the people with three-year appointments are in jeopardy, especially if they are part time."

Gallo has been at Cal State San Bernardino 15 years.

"People were worried last year," Gallo said. "But I think everyone understands that this year will be much worse."

Full-time faculty members are paid to do things other than just teach, such as run institutes and centers or serve on committees. Now they will be required to teach full time and continue to do outside activities.

"All those services will still have to be done," Chen-Maynard said. "The faculty will have to to do more, teach more."

The California State University system's board may consider a student fee hike this month.

For state residents, undergraduate fees would increase by 11 percent, graduate student fees would increase by 40 percent and teaching credential candidate fees would increase by 25 percent. Nonresident fees would increase by 20 percent.

Each campus also is being asked to reduce next year's enrollment targets by 5 percent. Overall enrollment at Cal State San Bernardino, which could otherwise grow next year, is expected to drop from the current 17,000 to about 16,000 in the fall.

The university cannot adopt a final budget until the state Legislature passes its budget and the Cal State system board approves its budget.

"At this point, the budget is still extremely fluid," said David DeMauro, vice president for administration and finance.

The Budget Council will meet again this month after the Cal State system's board meeting March 16 and 17.