UW-Stevens Point no longer planning layoffs of tenured faculty; program cuts still on table
It's a start... Ole Bernies still needs the fuckin' boot.
UW-Stevens Point will not lay off tenured faculty to carry out a proposed plan eliminating six academic majors, a reversal from what officials predicted last fall may be needed to address a roughly $8 million budget deficit.
University Chancellor Bernie Patterson confirmed the news to faculty and staff in a campuswide email Thursday, saying the goal was achieved through “a combination of retirements and thoughtful planning.”
The laying off of tenured faculty would have presented the University of Wisconsin System with its first test to the tenure policy adopted by the Board of Regents in 2016.
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