US EditionNorthwestern University announces 425 positions to be laid off amid financial challenges
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, JUL 29 – Northwestern University aims to reduce staff expenses by 5% amid a $790 million federal funding freeze and rising costs in healthcare and labor, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Northwestern University announced it will cut about 425 staff positions, half of which were vacant, reducing staff expenses by about 5%.
- Mounting cost pressures forced the University to freeze over $790 million in federal funding earlier this year, with personnel costs making up roughly 56%.
- Implementing an early June hiring freeze and benefits changes, the University reduced nonpersonnel expenses by 10%.
- Despite layoffs, the University faces continuing impacts from frozen federal funds, with at least 98 stop-work orders and 51 grant terminations while spending $10 million weekly on research.
- The University hopes to restore frozen federal research funding soon, with the White House viewing Columbia University's $200 million fine as a negotiation blueprint.
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Northwestern University lays off 425 amid Trump funding freeze
In an email to the university community Tuesday, Northwestern's president, Michael Schill, announced the school's most extreme cost-cutting measure yet. This year, the Trump administration announced it was freezing $790 million earmarked for the school.
Northwestern University announces 425 positions to be laid off amid financial challenges
EVANSTON Ill. (WGN) — Northwestern University has announced the elimination of hundreds of positions within the school as it grapples with financial challenges affecting higher education around the country. In a letter penned by University President Michael H. Schill, he informed members of the Northwestern community that approximately 425 positions across the entire university will be eliminated, with layoffs starting Tuesday morning. Of the 42…
Northwestern University eliminates more than 400 staff positions amid funding freeze
Northwestern University has eliminated about 425 staff positions, the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures amid the Trump administration’s $790-million federal funding freeze. Roughly half of the positions were already vacant, President Michael Schill told the school community in an email Tuesday afternoon. The reduction will decrease Northwestern’s staff-related expenses by 5%. “Laying off staff is a drastic step that causes pain and anx…
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