Dive Summary:
- In the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, eight campuses have issued lists of job cuts or warnings that they may lay off faculty as lower enrollment and state funding cuts take their toll.
- Clarion University became the first to specify which departments would be targeted, as well as the number of layoffs: It will eliminate 42 jobs and leave 14 positions unfilled.
- One campus — Edinboro — is cutting costs by mothballing dorms that aren't needed after enrollment dropped almost 10% from 2009.
From the article:
... With the decline in enrollment, the student-to-faculty ratio also has dwindled. In 2003, there were 18.5 students per professor. Last year, it was down to 16.7 students per faculty member. Wollman said the university hopes to get the ratio back to around 18 students per faculty member. ...
