Marquette University Laid Off 39 In January. Staff And Students Fear More Cuts Are To Come
Marquette University laid off 39 staff members last month as part of a yearlong effort to close a $45 million budget deficit brought on by COVID-19 financial losses including a drop in enrollment...
Read moreCommunity protests outside Zilber in response to positions eliminated
Following the looming threat of positions being eliminated by Marquette University, staff members stood outside Zilber Hall in freezing cold temperatures in solidarity with the 39 positions that were...
Read moreMarquette faculty want proper consultation about the use of stimulus funds
Marquette is set to receive $9.7 million in federal relief as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, university leadership has struggled to be transparent about a number of issues, including recent...
Read moreMarquette eliminates 39 positions due to financial shortfalls
Marquette University President Michael Lovell announced the elimination of 39 positions at the university due to short-and long-term financial challenges Thursday, Jan. 21...
Read moreStudents, faculty react to the FY 22 budget
Marquette University released its budget for the 2022 fiscal year Dec. 7, 2020. Since the release, many community groups and faculty groups have expressed their views on the budget...
Read moreMarquette faculty group calls on administration to reinstate recently cut staff positions
A group of Marquette University faculty is calling on the administration to reverse its recent decision tolay off 39 staff members. Our Marquette, a group that describes itself as...
Read more(Op-ed) Marquette Should Respect Shared Governance
A recent op-ed in Urban Milwaukee addressed calls by Marquette University faculty and other stakeholders for an inclusive, mission-focused process to deal with the budget challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Read moreCuts, Cuts, Cuts
The College of Saint Rose, University of Evansville and Marquette University are seeing massive academic cuts. Officials point to ongoing demographic trends. Faculty grieve and fight back...
Read moreThe Misuse of Demographics as Justification for Faculty and Staff Cuts
At Marquette, university officials are using the book Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, published in 2018 by Nathan Grawe, as their guide to realignment...
Read moreMarquette University To Cut 225 Faculty And Staff Positions By July 2022
Marquette University will cut 225 faculty and staff positions by the end of June 2022, according to a recently approved campus budget...
Read moreMarquette University faces strong headwinds in the pandemic
Marquette's budget cuts prompted a rebellion by faculty not included in the process which they see as undercutting the school's Jesuit mission.
Read moreIs Marquette University “Rightsizing” or Taking a Wrong Turn?
In 2018, a book was published called Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education. Written by Carleton College economist Nathan Grawe...
Read moreOpen Letters Take Aim at Marquette Budget Cuts
Faculty at Marquette University released a pair of open letters Thursday supporting the humanities and criticizing the administration’s plans for faculty and program cuts...
Read moreJesuit College Workers Unite
An alliance of faculty, staff and graduate student unions; American Association of University Professor chapters; and student organizations has come together to support a new petition opposing “the rash...
Read moreNational challenges in higher education echo through a debate over Marquette's future
Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, university leaders across the country were primed for massive change and stress within higher education...
Read moreDeep cuts at Catholic colleges draw backlash
Layoffs and budget cuts are coming to Catholic campuses around the country as the financial impact of the pandemic begins to bite. In many cases,...
Read moreFaculty and staff “sickened” by proposed budget cuts
Multiple Marquette instructors called in sick Monday after stating they were especially “sickened” by the budget cuts proposed by the university...
Read moreAs end of semester draws near, anxiety regarding layoffs persists
It has been nearly two months since Marquette University administration announced hundreds of faculty layoffs due to a $45 million budget shortfall...
Read moreBrooke McArdle charged with two student conduct violations
Brooke McArdle, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, was charged with two student conduct violations for organizing a sit-in at Zilber Hall Oct. 21...
Read moreMarquette University employees protest potential layoffs amid COVID-19 pandemic
Marquette University employees are speaking out against the university's decision to potentially lay off hundreds of workers amid a steep budget hole...
Read moreMarquette faces student and faculty pushback for planned cuts
Brooke McArdle, a senior at Marquette University, is facing a disciplinary hearing Thursday. Two weeks ago, McArdle helped lead a sit-in...
Read moreSanctions and Suppression
These are the bolded words on the subpoena from Marquette University charging me with two separate conduct violations.For context, I am a senior ...
Read moreEDITORIAL: University must improve transparency, communication
The university must improve its long-lasting issue of being transparent with the Marquette community in order to keep students, faculty and staff...
Read moreStudents organize sit-in in support of faculty
Brian Bajzek. Michelle Medieros. Bryan Rindfleisch. Jeffrey Coleman. Irfan Omar. Melissa Shew. Erin Hoekstra. Daniel Collette. Jason Farr...
Read moreMarquette to remain as an R2 school
Marquette is an R2 school. Universities are each given a research status based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. There are three possibilities...
Read moreUndergraduate student group voices concerns over faculty cuts
Students for MU Faculty, a group of undergraduate students, recently released a petition for students to stand in solidarity with Marquette Academic Workers Union...
Read moreHSI initiative no longer part of university’s strategic plan
At his Sept. 29 Virtual Coffee Chat, Provost Kimo Ah Yun said the Hispanic Serving Institution initiative is no longer part of the university’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries...
Read moreReflections on and a Call for Humanity
As I sit in my apartment appreciating the picturesque view of Marquette’s campus, I wonder how I got here. My brain is dwelling on the reality that I am graduating in less than...
Professors disheartened by potential layoffs
At the beginning of every class they taught, Jones*, a professor in the College of Arts & Sciences, told their students one thing: “I have the greatest job in the world.” Jones stopped...
Read moreMarquette bracing for layoffs as COVID-19, projected enrollment...
Employees at Marquette University are bracing for hundreds of potential layoffs in the coming year as the university continues to grapple with...
Faculty, staff host press conference in response to university proposed...
Members of the Marquette Academic Workers Union and Marquette University Faculty United held a press conference in response to the university’s...
Marquette Academic Workers Union respond to proposed budget cuts
The Marquette Academic Senate discussed the university’s financial plan, as well as potential cuts, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Sept. 21. According to a Marquette...
Read moreUniversity to face various possible cuts due to budget shortfalls
Marquette faculty and staff voiced their concerns over potential budget cuts and layoffs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Monday’s virtual University Academic ...
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