Nearly 90 faculty and staff laid off at The New School amid $60 million deficit
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Shane Gomez
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Summary
The New School has laid off nearly 90 faculty and staff members, including tenured professors and prominent critics of the university's restructuring, as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures to address a $60 million operating deficit. Many of those laid off worked in programs that were neither closed nor marked for redesign, raising concerns about the administration's approach to financial restructuring.
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It's the latest effort by university administrators to slash employees and cut costs amid a years-long operating deficit that's now $60 million.
Many of those laid off are tenured, and several are the most prominent critics of the university's restructuring.
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