From the Chicago Sun-Times: Northwestern University is planning to reduce staff and make other cuts as it grapples with rising costs and federal funding uncertainties. The plans have angered some staff and faculty who say the university should be consulting with them before making any significant announcements. ...Northwestern University sent an email to staff and faculty announcing it would implement cost-cutting measures, including a hiring freeze and “decreases in the total number of staff positions.” It also said staff would not get bonuses next year, that the university was switching health insurance companies and there would be changes to the tuition benefits program, which provides employees with financial assistance toward the cost of courses.
“Like a number of our peer universities, we have now reached a moment when the university must take a series of cost-cutting measures designed to ensure our institution’s fiscal stability now and into an uncertain future,” the email said. “These are not decisions we come to lightly.”
The university is facing financial pressure due to the federal funding freeze of $790 million implemented by the Trump administration in April...
Full story at https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/06/25/northwestern-university-budget-cuts.
From Detroit News: Three University of Michigan regents confirmed to The Detroit News they have 24-hour security as protests continue on campus and off over the ongoing bloodshed in the Middle East, including Israel's war with Palestinians in Gaza after the militant group Hamas launched the Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel that killed mostly civilians. UM regents Jordan Acker, Mark Bernstein and Sarah Hubbard said during separate interviews that the university, on the advice of legal counsel, security experts and local law enforcement, assigned them around-the-clock protection in response to serious, ongoing threats to their personal safety...
In a general statement about the need to protect regents and executives, however, UM public affairs officials cited protests that began Nov. 17, 2023, when hundreds of protesters demanding UM divest from companies that fund military operations in Israel swarmed the university's administration building. The protests have continued on an "unacceptable level," they said. University spokeswoman Colleen Mastony said the Michigan Constitution classifies regents as constitutional officers, which means they must be able to carry out their duties free from intimidation and threats. The same commitment extends to the university’s executive officers, Mastony said...
UM's eight regents, who serve without compensation, are among a rare group of university board members who are elected in partisan, statewide races to eight-year terms. Across the rest of the United States, university board members are appointed...
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