OK, not really.
One way they're dealing with budget woes over in kansas is invoking the "financial exigency" clause with regard to University tenure. Through the end of 2022 the six public colleges/universities in kansas can fire tenured professors with 30 days notice. Currently only the beaks plan to do this.
www.insidehighered.com
Chronicle of Higher Ed had an interesting factoid related to this - I believe these projections were prior to a coming 5.3% cut in state allocations
"The University of kansas already projects a $74.6-million shortfall for the 2022 fiscal year, which “will require us to eliminate programs and departments, reduce services, and implement furloughs and layoffs on a large scale,” the university’s chancellor, Douglas A. Girod, wrote in a recent letter to faculty and staff members, the Capital-Journal reported."
www.chronicle.com
For reference, in a worst case scenario, Mizzou was projecting a $40 million shortfall, however, I don't think we're coming close to that.
One way they're dealing with budget woes over in kansas is invoking the "financial exigency" clause with regard to University tenure. Through the end of 2022 the six public colleges/universities in kansas can fire tenured professors with 30 days notice. Currently only the beaks plan to do this.
Firing professors in Kansas just got a lot easier
Citing COVID-19, Kansas's state governing board makes it much easier for institutions to suspend or terminate even tenured faculty members.
Chronicle of Higher Ed had an interesting factoid related to this - I believe these projections were prior to a coming 5.3% cut in state allocations
"The University of kansas already projects a $74.6-million shortfall for the 2022 fiscal year, which “will require us to eliminate programs and departments, reduce services, and implement furloughs and layoffs on a large scale,” the university’s chancellor, Douglas A. Girod, wrote in a recent letter to faculty and staff members, the Capital-Journal reported."
Kansas Regents Make It Easier to Dismiss Tenured Professors
The temporary policy permits the state’s public universities to suspend or terminate employees without declaring financial exigency.
www.chronicle.com
For reference, in a worst case scenario, Mizzou was projecting a $40 million shortfall, however, I don't think we're coming close to that.
