Dive Brief:

• Marquette University is cutting 25 staff positions; faculty jobs are not affected.
• The reductions — along with retirements and positions that will be left vacant — are expected to trim 105 positions from the university.
• Cost-cutting and the need to keep tuition affordable were the reasons cited in the layoffs.

Dive Insight:

The staff cuts come after the school voted to raise undergraduate tuition by $1,280, to $35,480. Those laid off will receive a severance package and transition assistance. Marquette isn't the first to make such a move, but as schools seek to keep the cost of tuition under control amid funding reductions, moves like this may become far more widespread.