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Western Illinois University announces plans to lay off more faculty

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MACOMB, Ill. (WAND) - Western Illinois University has announced it will lay off additional faculty members. This comes after 35 contingent faculty members were laid off in June.

Interim President Kristi Mindrup announced the university intends to layoff an undetermined number of contingent and tenure/tenure track faculty and academic support professionals.


Merrill Cole, president of the WIU Chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), Local 4100, issued the following statement in response:

“The administration’s announcement to lay off more of our experienced, dedicated faculty and academic support professionals is short-sighted and ill-conceived. These layoffs will impact the quality of education that WIU offers to students, devastating our community and regional economy.



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