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Kentucky General Assembly Mostly Restores Higher Ed Funding
March Sees More Job, Program Cuts
Colleges made or announced moves to cut hundreds of jobs and programs in March. Cuts were driven by financial constraints, federal policy fallout and low program enrollment.
When Employees Lose Jobs, Their Kids Lose Scholarships
Thousands of students benefit from the tuition exchange program every year, but as colleges and universities lay off employees, those scholarships are at risk.
Lawmakers Move to Bail Out Southern Oregon While Portland State Plans to Cut
Oregon’s higher ed coordinating agency has already recommended “integration,” for some state institutions. Portland faculty are calling for more state funding for their own institution.
The Latest in Program and Personnel Cuts
February brought a small wave of job cuts heavily concentrated at a few institutions that shed dozens of positions, while others enacted more incremental layoffs.
U.K. Universities Decline New Elsevier Deal
Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey join Essex, Kent and Sussex in walking away from a proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher.
January Brings Job and Program Cuts
January brought at least 100 layoffs and dozens of program cuts, a step down from a difficult December that saw hundreds of jobs cut due to both sector and institutional pressures.
He Axed Tenured Faculty. He Could Now Help Republicans Cut Budgets Statewide
Kansas’s House speaker is planning to pay a former fraternity brother—and former Emporia State president—$50,000 for five months of consulting. His leadership of his own university was much criticized.