American universities cut staff en masse

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 open 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 others 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, restricting diversity-equity-inclusion programs, controlling campus protests and reducing international enrollment.

Students are among the groups most affected by the cuts, including academic services, counseling, and career support. Many research projects have been put on hold, disrupting major scientific work. Although the U.S. higher education system remains a world leader in the quality of its education and research, the wave of layoffs is putting the U.S. higher education system under unprecedented financial pressure.

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