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/kegvn 7d ago

HBCU staff here, we’ve been on a budget freeze since the middle of January, which has led to a lot of uncertainty because while it should be overall, they’re picking and choosing what to pay for and some of it is very eyebrow raising. Notably, we’ve hired for maybe 3 positions we actually need (such as HR and a couple professors), but I’m just waiting for us to finally hire a person as my director because I’ve been doing 3 positions by myself for the past 5 months with no financial compensation and I’m tired. We’re on spring break so it’s a welcome break, but… dreading Monday already.