Catholic U. Is ‘Playing With Fire’ by Trying to Lay Off Tenured Professors, Committee Declares - Jack Stripling, Chronicle of Higher Ed

A faculty committee at Catholic University of America this week resisted a controversial cost-cutting proposal that would eliminate 35 full-time professors, including those with tenure. The report of an ad hoc committee, published late Wednesday night, is a forceful rebuke of key components of a long-simmering layoff plan that has sown division at the university, which is based in Washington, D.C., and was founded by American Roman Catholic bishops. In its report, which was provided to The Chronicle by a professor, the committee questions whether the university has the authority to lay off tenured faculty members without either cause, a declaration of financial exigency, or the elimination of programs. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Catholic-U-Is-Playing-With/243329