Penn State plans layoffs amid budget deficit

President Neeli Bendapudi has said the university is in a “vulnerable state” but not a “financial crisis.”

President Neeli Bendapudi has said the university is in a “vulnerable state” but not a “financial crisis.”

View this email in your browser HELP KEEP PSU HONEST  PENN STATE ALERT    March 20, 2023 Spotlight PA provides alerts of its latest investigative and public-service reporting about Penn State University. This work is only possible thanks to the generous support of readers like you. You can contribute now here and for a limited time, all contributions will be DOUBLED by the Benter Foundation. If you were forwarded this alert, you can subscribe here. LAYOFF PLANS Georgianna Sutherland / For Spotlight PA A Penn State administrator directed university leaders representing nearly all departments to submit the number of employees they plan to lay off by the end of June, according to internal communications obtained by Spotlight PA’s Wyatt Massey. Justin Schwartz, interim executive vice president and provost, directed chancellors, deans, and other university leaders on the Academic Leadership Council to provide the administration with “your best estimate of the total number of positions from your unit that you predict are necessary to eliminate during this fiscal year” by March 31, according to the messages. The university declined to provide an approximate timeline for when employees will know if their job is being cut. “Any reduction in workforce is not something University leadership takes lightly,” the university said in a statement to Spotlight PA. “These are very difficult decisions that are being reviewed in a careful manner and the hope is to keep these changes to a minimum. Attrition is obviously a preferred measure for reductions in employee numbers.” READ THE FULL STORY This vital accountability reporting can only continue with your support. Make a gift to Spotlight PA and help us keep powerful institutions like Penn State honest and transparent. As a special bonus, all gifts will be DOUBLED thanks to a generous match from the Benter Foundation. SUPPORT THIS JOURNALISM Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Copyright © Spotlight PA / The Philadelphia Inquirer, All rights reserved. Spotlight PA 228 Walnut St., #11728 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1728 newsletters@spotlightpa.org This email was sent to: <<Email Address>> You're receiving this email because you subscribed to alerts about Spotlight PA's Penn State coverage. Receiving too many emails from Spotlight PA? To change your newsletter subscriptions and frequency, you can update your preferences. To stop receiving fundraising messages, you can update your preferences and select "Opt out of Fundraising." To stop receiving ALL EMAILS from Spotlight PA, including all of our investigations and newsletters, you can completely unsubscribe here.