Dive Brief:

• Quinnipiac University announced it will lay off 15 professors in areas where enrollment is down, but plans to add 12 in growing fields of study.
• According to the New Haven Register, an anonymous source initially said that 20 full-time professors would be laid off — a figure that includes new hires.
• The newspaper also quotes that source as saying that a $6-million income shortfall and unexpectedly low student enrollment numbers are to blame.

Dive Insight:

Not surprisingly, the cuts apparently will come mostly from the College of Arts and Sciences — the university’s liberal arts school. According to the anonymous source, 11 professors were cut there. The layoffs were discussed during an emergency staff meeting held Friday morning by the chairman of the Faculty Senate, Stephen Straub.