Citing budget reasons, the English department at Florida State University is in the process of removing all phones from professors' offices, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.  Landlines will also be yanked from faculty offices in the History and Modern Languages & Linguistics departments.

"I've never seen anything like this before," English department chairman Ralph Berry told the newspaper. "It's difficult to have an office and no phone.  I think if parents of students who are coming here knew how austere the conditions are here compared to five years ago, they would be shocked."

Berry said removing the phones -- about 40 -- will save between $12,000 and $16,000 a year.  Two years ago, the department yanked 33 phones to cut costs.

Students who want to reach a professor will have to know his or her cell phone number...or maybe see if he or she has a page on Facebook.