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7 hours agoNew School Faculty React to Plans to Lay Off 15% of Workforce
The New School plans to lay off 15% of faculty and staff due to a projected $48 million deficit.
Since taking the helm in 2021, Hush oversaw a controversial workforce-management policy that included firing 23 tenured faculty members. The American Association of University Professors publicly censured ESU for that decision, and some of the laid-off faculty sued. Emporia officials, including Hush, defended the job cuts, saying they were needed to address a budget deficit and falling enrollment.