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Christian Brothers University eliminated 12 vacant positions, plus eight part-time and full-time nonfaculty roles, and some school leaders have taken pay cuts in an effort to regain solid financial footing after being placed on probation.
It is the largest increase in eight years, a reflection of rising costs, decreases in state funding and a precipitous drop in the number of freshmen expected this fall.
The university’s staff was notified Friday afternoon after several days of rumors.
The enrollment rate for Shelby County has dropped by 23% from 2017 to 2021.
The governor announced a significant boost to education funding in his State of the State Address on Monday, Jan. 31, with nearly $2 billion going to higher education.
The COVID-19 pandemic reduced some revenue streams to a trickle at four-year colleges and universities. But coming out of the pandemic, administrators believe they are smarter and more efficient. “Really, what the pandemic did is it accelerated the pace of change,” said U of M President M. David Rudd.
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