Canisius College considers cuts

The school says the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a hard hit to their financials

THIS MORNING WEHAVE OUR EYE ONEDUCATION FOR YOU.CANISIUS COLLEGE ISFACING TWO MAJORPROBLEMS.ONE IS REOPENING --THE OTHER --THEIR BUDGET.TODAY WE'REEXPECTING TO LEARNMORE FROM THECOLLEGE'SPRESIDENT.ACCORDING TO THEAMERICAN"ASSOCIATION OFUNIVERSITYPROFESSORS" --AS MANY AS 20PROFESSORS COULDBE LAID OFF ATCANISIUS THISSCHOOL YEATHIS IS BECAUSETRUSTEES AT THESCHOOL--ARE LOOKING TO CUTTWO AND A HALFMILLION DOLLARSFROM FACULTY LINES."JEFF RUSACK"SHOWING US--HOW THESE CUTSWILL AFFECTSTUDENTS ASWELL.<WHAT HAS HAPPENEDTHIS WEEK IS THAT THEBOARD OF TRUSTEESOF CANISIUS COLLEGEHAS TAKEN A SHARPUNUSUAL AND WHATMOST OF US THINK AVERY FOOLHARDYTURN AND NOTFOLLOWING THAT PATHTO MAKE CANISIUS AMORE EFFICIENTCOLLEGETHE SCHOOLRELEASED THISSTATEMENT.:CANISIUS COLLEGE ISIN THE MIDST OFMAKING CHANGESDURING THESE VERYCHALLENGING,DIFFICULT,UNPRECEDENTEDTIMES BROUGHT ONBY THE COVID-19PANDEMIC."SOME STUDENTS ANDFACULTY THINK THESECUTS COULD BE MADEELSE WHERE OTHERTHAN ACADEMICS.WE ARE NOT GOING TOSURVIVE LOOKINGEXACTLY LIKE EVERYOTHER SMALLCOLLEGE IN THEUNITED STATES THATBECOMES VOCATIONALTHAT IS NOT ASUCCESSFUL WAYFORWARD FOR US AFORWARD FOR USTHESE PROPOSEDCUTS MOST OF USTHINK IT'S VERY ILLADVISEDTHERE'S CURRENTLY ACHANGE.ORGPETITION WITH OVER3,000 SIGNATURES,DEMANDING THEPROFESSORS KEEPTHEIR JOBS.IF I HAD NOT TAKENTHEIR CLASS INFRESHMAN YEAR IPROBABLY WOULD'VEDROPPED OUT SOTHERE'S ARELATIONSHIP WITHTHE PROFESSORSTHAT KEPT ME HEREAND WHY I'M STILLHEREAND SO WE'RE ASKINGTHE TRUSTEES TOTHINK ABOUT THISMORE OR TO ENGAGEIN SOME OF THATFAMOUS JESUITREFLECTION ABOUTWHAT IS THE BEST WAYFORWARD FORADJUSTMENT LIBERALARTS UNIVERSITYJEFF RUSACK 7 EWN.