DePaul University lays off dozens of staff - Rachel Hinton, Chicago Sun-Times

DePaul University has announced the layoffs this week of 62 full- and part-time staff members. The decision comes as the Catholic school’s board of trustees approved “major cost-saving measures and strategic reductions in the FY19 budget, primarily in administrative and support expenses. These structural changes will place the university in a better long-term position to invest in strategic growth,” the university said in a statement to staff Thursday. The layoffs represent 3.5 percent of the 1,795 non-faculty workforce, the statement read. Laid-off staff members have been offered severance pay, subsidized benefits, a tuition waiver extension if applicable, and access to outplacement services. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/depaul-university-lays-off-dozens-of-staff/