Tag: Hiring Freeze

Faculty & Staff

Athletics Are Not Expendable, if Education is Our Goal

These are troubling times for higher education. With budgets tightening, hiring and salary freezes, and the possibility of cuts looming, many are looking for ways to save our institutions. It may not be surprising that some are calling for cuts to athletics before other departments.

May 13, 2020

COVID-19

NYU’s Projected Spring and Summer Losses at $250 Million

New York University (NYU) lost $100 million in the spring semester and is projected to lose $150 million over the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a university-wide email sent Monday, reported NYU’s student newspaper the Washington Square News. The university has also lost $60 million in housing and meal plan refunds, $4 […]

April 30, 2020

COVID-19

Moody’s Lowers Higher Education Sector’s Outlook to Negative Due to Coronavirus

Moody’s, a credit rating agency, this week downgraded its U.S. higher education outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’, as college and university operations in the country have been thrown into complete disarray due to the spread of the coronavirus.

March 19, 2020