American universities cut staff en masse

GD&TĐ - Many top US universities such as Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern and Columbia are facing large-scale staff cuts, mainly due to sharp cuts in federal research funding.

On August 6, Stanford University announced it would lay off more than 360 employees. Earlier, Johns Hopkins closed a campus in Baltimore, canceled many international programs and cut 2,200 employees - the highest number this year.

Northwestern cut 425 positions, Columbia cut 180 research staff, Boston cut 120 people and froze hiring for 120 vacant positions. Other schools such as Southern California, Michigan, and Harvard also took similar measures.

The budget cuts range from $20 million to $200 million. The main reason is a reduction in government funding. Harvard has lost nearly $3 billion, Johns Hopkins $800 million, UCLA $584 million, Brown $510 million. Cornell, Northwestern, Princeton and many other schools are also facing the risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Observers say this is part of a campaign to “reshape” American higher education . The campaign focuses on reforming the accreditation system, limiting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, controlling campus protests, and reducing international student enrollment.

Students are the group most affected by the cuts, including academic services, psychological counseling, and career support. Many research projects have been suspended, disrupting major scientific work. Although still leading the world in the quality of training and research, the wave of layoffs is putting the US higher education system under unprecedented financial pressure.

According to CNN

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