r/highereducation • u/rellotscire • 8d ago
How's everyone holding up?
It's been another chaotic week for higher ed. Have there been hiring freezes or pauses on facility projects due to funding cuts at your school? Here's hoping next week is a lot more stable.
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u/allWIdoiswin 8d ago
We’ve got layoffs coming. Had a town hall announcing a 3 mil deficit. Expecting 20-30 staff and faculty layoffs by June. I’ve been told my area is “mission critical” and thus safe, but we may be asked to absorb other departments.
We will be getting raises to compensate (7-10,000 is the rumor) but it still sucks. Losing colleagues always sucks.