Academic Austerity Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE APR 18, 2020 8:00 AM

We’re only about a month into this crisis but the slashing and cutting has begun.

• Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze and Salary Cuts Due to Coronavirus
• Baylor University Cutting Budget by up to $80 Million Due to Coronavirus
• Michigan State Announces Pay Cuts After $50 Million in Losses Due to Coronavirus

Things are tough all over.

• Temple University Announces Pay Cuts Due to Coronavirus Crisis
• Dartmouth College Projects $83 Million Loss for 2020 Fiscal Year
• University of Louisville Plans Furloughs and Pay Cuts Due to Coronavirus

And then come the lawsuits.

• Class Action Lawsuits Launched at Two Universities by Students Demanding Refunds
• Student Sues Liberty University for Refusing to Refund Fees

Other than that, it’s business as usual on campus.

• Feminist Scholar Argues Coronavirus Shows ‘It’s Time to Abolish the Family’
• George Washington U. President Pressured to Resign Over Supposedly Racist Remarks
• Princeton Announces New ‘Culture and Difference’ Requirement for Fall 2020

This seems a bit drastic.

• Boston University May Not Reopen Campus Until January 2021

How is this any of his business?

• Al Sharpton Asks Harvard to Disclose the Diversity of its Asset Managers

Can’t blame them for trying.

• U. Florida Student Petition Claims it’s ‘Morally Wrong’ for Landlords to Charge Rent Right Now

Good.

• Miami University of Ohio Closing Campus Confucius Institute

Hard to argue with that.

• Heather Mac Donald: ‘Higher Education Today Resembles a Massive Ponzi Scheme’

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