Northland Faculty has minimize 9 college positions in its quest to downsize, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
“This tough, however important, step is a part of the college’s plan to considerably focus its curriculum and construction for the Fall 2024 educational yr and past,” the spokesperson mentioned by electronic mail.
Northland primarily based its determination on program wants, tenure and seniority amid a revamp of the school’s curriculum. Main the advice course of was the school’s faculty advert hoc committee on monetary exigency, which consulted with program administrators and Northland officers.
No extra workers or college reductions are deliberate right now, the spokesperson mentioned.
The layoffs observe an announced downsizing and realignment on the Wisconsin-based non-public liberal arts faculty. After warning that it might close, Northland in April declared financial exigency, a course of that enables schools to remove tenured college in financially tough instances.
After elevating report — and what it referred to as “transformative” — gifts and reviewing its applications in exigency, Northland unveiled a plan earlier this month to refocus aspherical eight educational applications, lots of them centered on open air and environmental fields.
With that downsizing, the school plans in the end to chop $7 million from its funds.