Recent News and Discussions About Academic Layoffs
Best Practices for Higher Education Faculty Layoffs & Furloughs
https://www.intoo.com/us/blog/best-practices-for-higher-education-faculty-layoffs-furloughs/
Jan 26, 2022 — For HR personnel, navigating university furloughs and layoffs may initially seem overwhelming, but with these helpful tips, the learning …
A Flood of Federal Cash and Then Layoffs. What Gives?
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/a-flood-of-federal-cash-and-then-layoffs-what-gives/2022/04
Apr 21, 2022 — The school is being closed at the end of the school year due to budget cuts. Ramin Rahimian for Education Week.
Forced Out: The Faces of Higher Ed’s Historic Layoffs
https://www.chronicle.com/article/forced-out
Apr 20, 2021 — Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, higher education has suffered its greatest job losses on record. The Chronicle set out to tell the …
Its Finances Dire, This Arkansas University Will Lay Off 44 …
https://www.chronicle.com/article/its-finances-dire-this-arkansas-university-will-lay-off-44-tenured-faculty-members
May 3, 2022 — A public four-year college in Arkansas plans to cut 25 degree programs and lay off 67 faculty members, 44 of them tenured, to help stabilize …
Exigency leads to layoffs at Hannibal-LaGrange University
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/05/26/exigency-leads-layoffs-hannibal-lagrange-university
May 26, 2022 — Hannibal-LaGrange University will remain open in the fall despite a troubling fiscal assessment in March. But 15 percent of faculty have …
William Paterson plans to lay off 100 full-time professors
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/12/20/william-paterson-plans-lay-100-full-time-professors
Dec 20, 2021 — Thirteen tenure-track or tenured professors are finishing up their last semester at William Paterson University in New Jersey, …
US universities have cut 650,000 jobs, a 13 percent workforce …
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/26/high-f26.html
Feb 25, 2021 — Some of the most notable targets of university layoffs and cuts have … The University of Michigan laid off 173 workers, furloughed over …
Amid Layoffs, Union Contracts Force Public Colleges to Ignore …
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2022/01/10/amid_layoffs_union_contracts_force_public_colleges_to_ignore_merit_110685.html
Jan 10, 2022 — In 2021, William Paterson University faced a $30 million deficit, … the institution’s academic integrity and educational purpose, layoffs …
UCOP Human Resources
https://www.ucop.edu/local-human-resources/manager-resources/layoffs/index.html
It is the policy of the University to minimize layoffs required by budget … and departments with resources to better understand the layoff process.
University of Akron reinstates two professors after …
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2022/06/16/university-of-akron-trustees-forced-arbitration-reinstate-two-laid-off-professors-covid-19-2020/7626312001/
Jun 16, 2022 — Two University of Akron faculty members who were among several dozen laid off early in the pandemic two years ago have won back their jobs.