Faculty and Staff

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    Cornell University plans to restructure later this year amid federal funding declines

    The Ivy League institution's leaders said efforts to save costs and centralize operations will “inevitably” lead to workforce reductions.

    By • Aug. 25, 2025
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    UCLA consolidates IT, pauses faculty hiring as Trump administration seeks $1B payment

    The public institution is one of several facing cuts to federal research funding over allegations related to antisemitism.

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Financial aid administrators report disruptions since Education Department layoffs

    A new survey shows “federal support channels for students are breaking down,” the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators said. 

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    University of Nebraska System offers buyouts to tenured faculty amid budget woes

    The offer comes after leaders of the four-campus network said they were looking to trim $20 million from its budget. 

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Stanford University lays off 363 employees

    The California research institution has been buffeted by shifting federal funding policies and a forthcoming increase to the endowment tax.

    By • Aug. 6, 2025
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    Northwestern University cuts 425 jobs in face of federal funding pressure

    The private institution is laying off staff and axing vacant roles in a time that is “among most difficult in our institution’s 174-year history,” senior leaders said.

    By • July 30, 2025
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    How Cal State is betting on shared services amid funding cuts

    Campuses are increasingly collaborating on backend services to save costs and become nimbler in a tough financial environment.

    By • July 28, 2025
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    Antisemitic beliefs rare among faculty, Brandeis University study finds

    Despite media attention and Trump’s attacks on universities, most professors neither discuss hot topics in class nor engage in activism around them.

    By • July 24, 2025
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    ‘Inadequate and deeply troubling’: George Mason AAUP votes no confidence in board

    The group blasted the governing body, alleging it failed to defend the university and its president amid successive investigations by the Trump administration.

    By • July 23, 2025
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    Temple University to lay off 50 employees

    The public institution is cutting 190 positions in an effort to slash its $60 million deficit in half.

    By • July 21, 2025
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    Trump 2.0 brings layoffs and budget cuts at 8 major colleges

    With uncertainty around research funding, international students and financial aid, institutions are shrinking budgets as they try to weather financial turmoil.

    By • July 17, 2025
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    Offering student loan payment assistance a ‘no brainer,’ benefits manager says

    “It’s a huge, huge benefit” to reduce the burden of student loan debt for employees, one Walt Disney executive told a gathering of HR pros.

    By Ginger Christ • July 10, 2025
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    George Washington University hints at layoffs amid federal policy upheaval

    The private nonprofit is facing an “unsustainable compounding deficit” and uncertainty about research funding, top officials said in a community message.

    By • July 9, 2025
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    Boston University to lay off 120 staffers amid budget challenges

    The private institution faces federal funding uncertainty along with operational headaches such as rising costs.

    By • July 8, 2025
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    Stanford University expects layoffs in coming year

    The private nonprofit is cutting $140 million from its budget as it grapples with “significant budget consequences” from federal policy shifts.

    By • June 27, 2025
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    University of Connecticut eyes workforce cuts to manage funding shortfalls

    Faced with cuts to state and federal funding, leaders are clamping down on hiring and reviewing temporary positions, along with other austerity measures.

    By • June 24, 2025
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    Columbia College Chicago lays off 20 faculty members

    The cuts come as the private nonprofit attempts to “invest in areas that correspond to strong student demand,” one official told the campus community.

    By • June 23, 2025
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    Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26

    The public institution’s president said that enrollment is starting to rebound after a steep drop since 2017, but costs have increased much more quickly.

    By • June 20, 2025
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    Northwestern freezes hiring and cuts budgets to combat ‘increasing strain’ on finances

    The highly selective university faces funding threats from the Trump administration along with rising costs and proposed policy changes.

    By • June 11, 2025
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    University of Minnesota eyes steep tuition hikes and budget cuts

    The public institution aims to keep its budget balanced amid what its president described as “unprecedented challenges” in higher education.

    By • June 10, 2025
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    What’s the latest in Harvard University’s battle with the Trump administration?

    An alumni group has called on the institution to protect students and employees from “attacks on their constitutionally protected rights and freedoms.”

    By • Updated Aug. 19, 2025
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    Maryland regents allow furloughs and salary cuts for public universities

    The state’s higher education system is facing big funding shortfalls at both the state and federal levels.

    By • May 20, 2025
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    Johnson & Wales University to lay off 91 faculty and staff

    “We simply cannot afford to be the size that we once were,” the private nonprofit’s chancellor said in a letter to stakeholders.

    By • May 8, 2025
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    Kansas State professor sues university for alleged transgender bias

    A supervisor at the public institution forced a transgender faculty member to drastically cut short his medical leave for a hysterectomy, the lawsuit said.

    By Laurel Kalser • May 6, 2025
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    Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump

    President Donald Trump again threatened the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status on Friday as the battle between the two escalates.

    By • May 2, 2025