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...least, union leaders expect the University to protect “its people” by focusing on non-personnel cuts and leaving layoffs as a last resort. Local administrators are contractually required to engage the union in conversation and negotiation whenever they are considering specific layoffs. Called “consultation when considering,” the agreement gives affected staffers the opportunity to understand the reasons behind the proposed...
...Houses seek to realign their budgets for next year, several of the libraries have implemented new policies to reduce personnel or are considering them for the future...
...next year, Kenen says. Meanwhile, as the Faculty shrinks—part of Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith’s plan to close FAS’ remaining $143 million deficit by reducing “people costs”—the resulting personnel situation makes it less likely that professors will extend themselves, according to several faculty members. ENTRENCHMENTIn at least one case, the potential for creating new Gen Ed classes has been hindered by the restriction of the terms of the Gen Ed legislation—a difficult fit for some subjects.When...
...begun an ambitious project to start cohorts of 100,000 people in each of 4 countries covering west, east, and southern Africa. Doing so would reduce the US-Africa disparity in cohort enrollees from 1,000-to-1 down to 20-to-1. Cohort studies require substantial investment in personnel and infrastructure, but give immeasurable returns. These studies can run for decades, so in addition to research objectives, they build local capacity for future research by training students and scientists, making the effort locally sustainable. Thus far, international organizations and funders have overlooked this urgent need...
...death - for a total of nearly 2,000 - over the past 14 months. That news has already renewed the debate over the wisdom of relying on such numbers. "This isn't going to do anything to convince the American public that we're winning," says Lawrence Korb, a Pentagon personnel chief during the Reagan Administration. "It should be stopped, because at best it gives a false impression of what's happening and at worst it can rally the other side...