ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – About 130 faculty members at Ithaca College will lose their job because of decreased enrollment numbers.
At a Faculty Council meeting October 6th, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs La Jerne Cornish noted the college needs to cut $30 million from its budget because enrollment has fallen so far.
The Ithacan reported that to maintain a 12-1 student/faculty ratio, the college will only need 415 of its current 547 faculty members.
At the end of April, the college had already cut over 160 staff positions under its Covid-19 strategic plan, most of which were employees laid off from the offices of facilities and dining services.
The college has not made any decisions regarding which departments will need to make the new cuts at this point.
