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Tag: Budget cuts
Faculty & Staff
Report: All Faculty Types Suffer Job Losses in 2020-2021 Academic Year
The 2021 CUPA-HR Faculty in Higher Education Report found that all faculty types suffered job losses during the 2020-21 academic year. In terms of full-time faculty in specific departments, leisure and recreational activities and library science suffered the biggest job loss percentage, the report finds. As for sheer number, business, management and marketing and biological and biomedical sciences lost the most faculty, with a third to almost 50% of institutions reporting cuts in these departments.
April 8, 2021
News Roundup
University of Montana’s College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Criticize Proposed $2.6 Million Budget Cuts
University of Montana’s College of Humanities and Sciences faculty are criticizing a $2.6 million budget cut proposal, noting that the cuts would cause “deep and irreversible damage” to the college and the university, Missoulian reported. The proposed cuts would remove $2.6 million from the College of Humanities and Sciences budget by 2023’s fiscal year. and […]
March 22, 2021
COVID-19
Kent State to Offer Second Round of Voluntary Employee Buyouts
Kent State University’s Board of Trustees approved a second round of voluntary buyouts for eligible full-time faculty, Cleveland.com reported. This comes as part of Kent State’s efforts to cut costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The first round of this voluntary separation incentive program took place in May, wherein 292 faculty and staff took the buyouts […]
December 3, 2020
Faculty & Staff
Guilford College to Cut Academic Programs and More Faculty Members
After a review of its academic programs, Guilford College faces more budget cuts amid continued enrollment decline, according to News and Record. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, five visiting professors and 47 staff members were laid off in July. This week, 9.5 staff positions were cut. Now, 30% of Guilford’s full-time faculty […]
November 9, 2020
Opinion
On Who Matters – and Who Doesn’t – in Higher Education
As COVID-19 continues to devastate communities across the U.S., colleges and universities must brace for what is sure to be a hectic Autumn semester, including making difficult decisions that may put many lives on the line.
August 24, 2020
African-American
Purdue Reverses Decision to Cut Some Directors Overseeing Ethnic Studies Programs
Purdue University has walked back on its decision to eliminate 10 of the 16 directors of disciplines at its School of Interdisciplinary Studies, which is home to the university’s African American Studies, Asian American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies, among others, reports the Journal & Courier. The school announced it would eliminate the 10 […]
August 9, 2020
COVID-19
U of Alaska to Furlough All Senior Administrators, Including President, Chancellors
The beleaguered University of Alaska (UA) this week said it will furlough all of its top administrators, including the institution’s president, chancellors and deans, in the upcoming fiscal year, to deal with revenue loss due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported Alaska Public Radio. UA has also furloughed 120 lower-level employees. The university is already grappling […]
April 30, 2020
Leadership & Policy
‘Pressure is Turning Way up’: College Presidents Plan Layoffs, Budget Cuts Due to Coronavirus, Says Survey
In response to the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, more than 72% of college presidents expect to lay off employees, almost 55% project across-the-board budget cuts and almost 40% will likely cut research-and-development spending, according to a recent survey of higher education leaders’ priorities amid campus shutdowns.
April 9, 2020
HBCUs
With $8 Million Deficit, Bethune-Cookman Faces Potential Accreditation Loss
Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) a private historically Black university must close its $8 million budget deficit by March if it is to remain in operation, reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal. The school, founded in 1904, is currently in its second year of academic probation. “2020 will be a pivotal year in history of B-CU,” President Dr. […]
February 4, 2020
News Roundup
Kodiak College Director Resigns Due to Alaska’s Budget Cuts
Amid budget cuts to Alaska’s public universities, the newly appointed director of Kodiak College has resigned. After a month-long search, Jessica Paugh was selected in May and was scheduled to start her tenure Aug. 12. In June, according to Anchorage Daily News, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed line items equaling $444 million in reductions to […]
August 9, 2019
HBCUs
Cheyney University Gets Another Accreditation Extension
Cheyney University was recently granted a second, one-year extension from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education to address ongoing monetary and other issues and continue its accreditation, stating that as one of the country’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) it had made required improvements. The extension allows the university an additional year to work […]
November 23, 2018
News Roundup
Lebanon Valley College Face Steep Cuts
Lebanon Valley College (LVC), located in Pennsylvania has announced that it will eliminate faculty positions and program majors after its board of trustees called for a $1.6 million cut to academic funding. The cuts would discontinue French, German, philosophy and religion majors in addition to reorganizing other majors. As part of the budget-cuts, LVS will […]
September 26, 2018
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