#university

DePaul University has cut 114 staff positions as it deals with ongoing financial pressures. School officials say the layoffs were driven by a drop in international graduate students, increased financial aid needs, and higher benefit expenses.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/depaul-university-lays-off-114-staff/

A private university in Mercer County will lay off up to 40 full-time faculty members, slash salaries by 14% and make other cuts due to escalating financial problems, campus officials said.

https://www.nj.com/education/2025/11/nj-university-in-financial-crisis-will-lay-off-40-professors-cut-everyones-pay.html

The University of Southern California has issued layoff notices to more than 900 employees since July amid a fiscal crisis that has battered morale and strained resources.

The cuts, detailed in a Monday letter to the USC community by interim President Beong-Soo Kim, are central to an effort to erase a budget deficit that ballooned to more than $200 million. The layoffs have included employees across the university and its health system, including student academic advisers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/usc-more-900-employees-laid-004014828.html

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The enrollment at Western Illinois University’s Macomb campus has fallen 47% since 2010, to 5,511 from 10,377.

Some folks got laid off about a month ago, more to come

The job cuts affect 70 employees. The decision, announced by Interim President Jaimie Hebert, aims to address a $25 million budget gap.

Hebert sent an email to faculty and staff about the layoffs, stating that the cuts will affect all divisions of the university.

https://www.kadn.com/news/local/ul-announces-70-layoffs-to-address-budget-crisis/article_1f601c0f-4944-42ad-bbe7-d5336290db96.html

The University of Northern Colorado plans to lay off about 50 staff members in early November and eliminate roughly 30 vacant roles, CFO Dale Pratt said during a town hall last week.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/university-of-northern-colorado-plans-to-lay-off-50-employees/803556/

Anyone have the full list of American universities we no longer recruit from? I think it is a shocking list.

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/

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has begun layoffs as it works to address a $25 million budget deficit... President Jamie Hebert announced in a letter that the Office of Sustainability and Community Engagement is being closed while the Offices of Communications and Marketing and Auxiliary Services are being restructured. So far, six staff positions have been eliminated.

Hebert acknowledged the personal impact of the cuts, saying the university aims to protect the student experience, support faculty, and minimize human impact while restoring financial stability. A town hall is scheduled to provide updates and hear from the campus community.

https://www.katc.com/lafayette-parish/interim-president-announces-layoffs-at-ul

WashU has eliminated 316 staff positions and “closed 198 open and vacant positions” from the Danforth and Medical campuses and the Central Fiscal Unit (CFU), Chancellor Andrew Martin announced in a University-wide email addressed to faculty and staff on Tuesday afternoon.

https://www.studlife.com/news/2025/10/01/washu-announces-over-300-layoffs-and-cuts-to-almost-200-vacancies

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/

University of Oregon is eliminating 176 positions in response to its budget deficit, and approximately 60 faculty and staff will be notified of their termination starting on Sept. 8.

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/education/2025/09/08/university-of-oregon-faculty-layoffs-cuts/86000673007/

• Thanks for the cuts in pay.
• Thanks for all the orders we work but receive no credit.
• -Thanks for all the excessive drivetime between tickets
• Thanks for the lack of supplies and tools to perform our work.
• Thanks for the broken "systems" we're forced to use even though they don't work
• Thanks for the endless line of lying management
• Thanks for blaming all of your failed ideas of the reps and techs
• Thanks for giving me the opportunity to ride this company into the grave.

Good job Danny and fellow management for putting us in the dirt #university of Phoenix # micro management degree # clueless.....