More than 100 professors at Pa. state universities may be out of a job come spring

[TexasTowelie]

More than 100 tenured and tenure-track faculty members received notices on Friday that they may lose their jobs at the end of the upcoming spring semester.

Retrenchment, or furlough, letters went out to faculty at Cheyney, Edinboro, Indiana, Lock Haven and Mansfield universities. California and Clarion Universities of Pennsylvania notified the faculty union of possible retrenchments as well but none of their tenured professors received notices by Friday’s deadline when universities were contractually bound to inform them.

According to the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, the breakdown of the furlough notices by university have six of them at Cheyney, 21 at Edinboro, 81 at Indiana, two at Lock Haven, and three at Mansfield.

“Not only are faculty cuts a blow to the professors themselves, but, by extension, layoffs take opportunities away from students,” said Jamie Martin, president of the union representing State System faculty and coaches. “Retrenchment is devastating at any time, but these letters are threatening to take away livelihoods and healthcare in the middle of a global pandemic.”

Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/10/more-than-100-professors-at-pa-state-universities-may-be-out-of-a-job-come-spring.html

[sprinkleeninow]

1. "It's like a miracle, will disappear just like that. But in the meanwhile, we're going 'round the

bend, turning the corner. So what if hundreds of thousands lost employment, like these professors. Iskanka sez go find some other work ya slackers. Doncha know..."

[FakeNoose]

2. So ... are an equal number of admin positions being eliminated?

Bet your ass, they aren't. The hiring and firing budget decisions are made by administrators. Guess which jobs are getting axed? Most of the horrendous cost increases in the last 20 years at colleges and universities have been due to admin salaries, meanwhile professors and adjunct professors keep getting cut.

[romana]

3. Word!

Admin salaries in higher education are off the charts, but faculty and staff are the ones who always have to pay the price for that when things get rough. And that means, ultimately, the students have to pay the price.