VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) -- Valparaiso University has cut about 50 jobs through early retirement packages and layoffs as it deals with the national recession.

The university in northwestern Indiana announced in the spring that had made retirement incentive offers to employees as it tried to reduce costs.

School spokesman Dustin Wunderlich tells the Post-Tribune of Merrillville that 44 employees took early retirements, but that more job cuts were needed and fewer than 10 people from various departments were laid off.

The private Lutheran university has nearly 4,000 students and 1,060 employees. The university also has frozen salaries for the coming year.