Arcadia puts the brakes on plan to eliminate 14 faculty positions - Susan Snyder, Philly.com

Arcadia University was preparing to let go 14 professors, or nearly 8 percent of its full-time faculty, over the next 15 months — until Ajay Nair, who takes over as president Monday, put the brakes on the plan. The university’s plan under interim president Hank Brown had called for the contracts of seven professors not to be renewed in December and the contracts of another seven not to be renewed at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. The move was expected to help offset a projected $3 million budget gap for fiscal year 2019, or approximately 2.5 percent of the university’s $120 million operating budget. Programs and courses with lower enrollment were being examined, said Dan DiPrinzio, university spokesman. http://www.philly.com/philly/education/arcadia-puts-the-brakes-on-plan-to-eliminate-14-faculty-positions-20180330.html