Cost-Cutting

Colleges and universities that announced belt-tightening measures in August blamed everything from rising operating costs to the Trump administration.

More than half of public media stations are affiliated with a college, and more host colleges students for career preparation. Cuts to federal funding may reduce internship and practicum experiences for learners.

While cuts at the richest institutions were mostly driven by federal research funding issues, many others also introduced cost-cutting measures due to challenging economic headwinds.

Frozen research funding, rising endowment taxes and other concerns have prompted some of the nation’s wealthiest universities to shed jobs despite their multibillion-dollar endowments.

Stanford University plans to cut 363 jobs this fall, starting at the end of September, due to financial challenges driven...

Northwestern University is eliminating 425 jobs—about half of which are currently vacant—as it navigates a funding freeze imposed by the...

Nearly 600 employees have accepted buyouts at Duke University, opting into a voluntary separation incentive program prompted by threats to...

As colleges wound down the fiscal year, a few cut dozens of jobs. But more cuts loom on the horizon due to federal funding concerns, anemic state support and enrollment challenges.