University of Akron offering buyouts to nearly half of full-time faculty as budget woes continue - Katie Byard, Beacon Journal

The University of Akron is offering voluntary buyouts to some of its 720 full-time faculty members. Trustees approved the Voluntary Separation or Retirement Program at a meeting Monday. Only faculty members who are not in “areas of strategic investment” are eligible. Faculty members who are not eligible include those in the law school, the College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the College of Engineering as well as those in chemistry, dance, theater, finance and nursing programs.nUA spokesman Wayne Hill said about 340 of the 720 faculty members — or about 47 percent — are eligible for the buyouts. https://www.ohio.com/news/20190318/university-of-akron-offering-buyouts-to-nearly-half-of-full-time-faculty-as-budget-woes-continue