Judson lays off staff, ends faculty contracts to balance budget - Emily McFarlan Miller, Courier News / SunTimes

Judson University has laid off 21 staff members, ended the contracts of 11 faculty members and accepted the retirements of five tenured faculty, Interim President William Clark Crothers confirmed Friday. That brings to 37 the total faculty and staff who will not return to the private evangelical university next school year, according to the interim president. “We have had an adjustment, and — like lots of other colleges across the country and businesses — we needed to adjust our employment levels, and we’ve gone through that process,” Crothers said. Those layoffs included 10 full-time and 11 part-time staff, and were effective Wednesday, Oct. 31, he said. Judson is planning severance packages for those staff that include a minimum four weeks of pay up to a maximum 12 weeks, one for each year of service at the university, he said. http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/16116639-418/judson-lays-off-staff-ends-faculty-contracts-to-balance-budget.html