President Wayne A.I. Frederick sent a letter to the Howard University community which confirmed the Howard University community’s suspicions. The letter states that the cuts were “necessary to ensure long-term financial stability for the University.”
The letter states that a total of 84 positions were eliminated. These eliminations come shortly after the university announced to freeze tuition for the 2015-2016 school year and hired Carolyn J. Bostick as the Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness in February.
Bostick’s position includes includes “optimizing and streamlining organizational effectiveness to reinforce our movement toward a more strategic HR function at the University” according to a university press release.
But this year marks the third year in a row that employee cuts were made by the university. In Spring 2014, the university cut 200 employees.
However, President Frederick seems hopeful for the university’s future.
“As we collectively work through challenges and assess opportunities to continuously build on our 148-year legacy, rest assured that the difficult decisions that we’re making today ensure that we can deliver on our promise to provide the premium quality academic experience and opportunities that our students expect and deserve… for many years to come,” Frederick wrote in his letter to the university community.
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