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Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz said Wednesday morning that nearly a hundred support staff, faculty and academic staff and executive management were laid off as a result of university-wide budget cuts.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/10/22/michigan-state-msu-number-jobs-eliminated-university-cuts-president-guskiewicz/86833813007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-communities-rally-hopkins-data-center-ai-institute-project/

https://www.highereddive.com/news/new-jersey-city-university-kean-university-merger-definitive-agreement/801857/

https://www.highereddive.com/news/new-jersey-city-university-kean-university-merger-definitive-agreement/801857/

https://www.republicreport.org/2025/ex-executives-sue-los-angeles-film-school-and-full-sail-u-for-fraud/

Brown University is laying off 48 employees and eliminating 55 vacant positions as part of a broader effort to shave $30 million off its budget, top leaders at the Ivy League institution announced Monday.

In August, the university blamed its financial challenges on recent federal policy changes, including an expected decline in research funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy and other agencies. Prior to that, leaders warned that “significant cost-cutting” measures would be needed.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/brown-university-employee-layoffs-budget-reductions/761060/

• Michigan State University is reducing its general fund spending, leading to potential employee layoffs and job changes.

• University officials estimate around 200 jobs could be eliminated, though the final number is still being determined.

• The university plans to cut its general fund by 6% this year and a total of 9% over the next two years.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2025/09/15/layoffs-michigan-state-general-fund-budget/86100312007/

During the last week of August 2025, Senior Leadership instructed all departments to eliminate 5% of their workforce due to financial concerns with the decrease of enrollment. It seems that the individuals chosen were at random. Individuals were laid off effective immediately and were not given any prior notice. Individuals were required to turn over any and all University-owned technology. The University deactivated all individual's accounts within 24 hours. The University offered "severance" to some individuals.

Utica University sent notices this week to 23 academic departments, notifying them that 31 full-time faculty and librarians could be laid off. The notices come at a time when the institution is looking at cutting degrees and has been dealing with financial difficulties.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/09/university-in-northeast-lays-groundwork-for-31-layoffs-amid-financial-concerns.html

Nineteen months later, tensions between Rosenbury and the Barnard community have reached a boiling point. Despite hailing efforts from her administration—like the completed renovation of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being and the implementation of a long-overdue maternity leave policy—Rosenbury has also seen a tenure marred by suspensions and expulsions of student protesters, layoffs of 77 full-time staff members, and the faculty vote of no confidence she received in April 2024, the first in Barnard’s history.

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/09/10/rosenbury-confronts-layoffs-student-discipline-and-barnards-financial-situation-in-interview-with-spectator/

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Title: UO braces for more layoffs as budget cut plans take shape
Company/Org: University of Oregon
News Source: Lookout Eugene Springfield
Location: Eugene, OR
Summary: The university is preparing department level plans to reduce budgets by 2.5 percent, with layoffs expected as early as Sept. 8 while units finalize cuts.
URL:https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/university-of-oregon/2025/08/20/uo-braces-for-more-layoffs-as-budget-cut-plans-take-shape/