The university said the savingsโequivalent to 2 percent of its operating budgetโwill include cuts to nonresident financial aid, staff positions, and other areas.
Matt Hartman
Matt Hartman is a higher education reporter for The Assembly and co-anchor of our weekly higher education newsletter, The Quad. He was previously a longtime freelance journalist and spent nearly a decade working in higher ed communications before joining The Assembly in 2024.
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