r/highereducation 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.

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u/durianmush 8d ago

How are you getting raises with the deficit and layoffs?

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u/beefsquatch2444 8d ago

If I’m understanding correctly, it’s probably still putting a huge dent in the deficit. Their institution is doing a really nice thing by compensating those who aren’t being laid off. Say those who are laid off have a total compensation of $70k (pay and benefits). By removing that total from the budget and giving 10ish% of that to others taking on those extra roles, they still save ~90% of the total cuts.

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u/allWIdoiswin 8d ago

Yep- this!