Grim 🫠
I do wonder how much more of this we'll see over the next 5-8 years. The US-born student age cohorts are already teeny tiny compared to historical rates, and we're so busy deporting people that it will become a challenge making up the gap with foreign students
@jamesftierney.bsky.socialBrian Leiter wrote about faculty layoffs at my university.
leiterreports.com/2026/07/29/i...
leiterreports.com
Illinois Institute of Technology declares “financial exigency” and begins firing faculty, including tenured faculty
Up to one-third of the faculty may be terminated, although in the law school, Chicago-Kent, it appears the number is lower (maybe one-fifth by some accounts). If readers have more details, please e…
