BERKELEY — UC Berkeley will work to discontinue funding intercollegiate athletic programs following a faculty senate vote urging the administration to make the 27 programs self-sufficient, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Thursday evening.

The resolution comes as tuition is expected to rise 32 percent, employees have been placed on furlough and some departments at the school have had their budgets cut in half.

The faculty senate passed the nonbinding resolution on a 91-68 vote at a Thursday night meeting. It urges the administration to stop using discretionary funds and student registration fees to subsidize athletics.

"We need a responsible plan that will enable athletics to be self sufficient," Birgeneau said following the faculty senate meeting which he attended. "I'm going to ask athletics to work with us to develop a plan. I can't tell you when (self sufficiency will happen)."

Faculty backers of the resolution presented figures showing the athletic department gets about $10 million a year in subsidies from the school for a total of $170 million since 1991.