80 Staff Layoffs at Northwestern - Emma Whitford, Inside Higher Ed

Northwestern University officials announced Thursday that the university will lay off 80 administrative staff to help close a projected budget deficit, Evanston Now reported. Faculty are not affected by the layoffs, and some vacant positions will not be filled. Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, told staff in a memo that in addition to the layoffs, the university plans to defer several major facilities projects, reduce nonsalary expenses in administrative offices by 10 percent and academic offices by 5 percent, and decrease spending on information technology projects. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/07/23/80-staff-layoffs-northwestern