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...letter sent to faculty and select administrators Monday afternoon, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced an immediate hiring freeze on FAS staff positions, while still affirming his commitment to faculty searches...
...current and proposed staff searches and any creation of new administrative positions have been put on hold—except for “critical” positions that FAS is willing to fill and pay for with funds created by cuts in expenses elsewhere, according to an e-mailed statement from Smith...
Smith declined to specify how many open staff positions will be affected by the hiring freeze. A University database for job posts currently lists 102 open FAS staff positions...
...lack of direct communication between Smith and FAS staff has upset some staff members. Some have said the letter’s policy and means of distribution highlight the structural inequity of faculty-staff relation...
According to Smith, administrators assumed FAS would have $750 million in endowment funding available to them for next year’s budget. But if outside estimates projecting “unprecedented” endowment losses of 30 percent prove accurate, Smith said, that figure would be slashed to around $550 million, leaving the Faculty at least $200 million in deficit if plans are not modified...