Olathe ? MidAmerica Nazarene University has announced it will cut 21 positions to save the Olathe-based university about $1.2 million.

The Kansas City Star reported that the savings are about 3.5 percent of MidAmerica Nazarene’s current $34 million budget.

The school said its faculty and staff reductions are expected to come from academic programs with low or decreasing enrollments and will also involve some administrative units.

The university, which has about 1,766 students, said it relies primarily on tuition, student fees and gift contributions for revenue. It has awarded more than $9 million in scholarships to its traditional undergraduate students this year.