Schools

Layoffs Hit State School System

Clarion University cuts jobs, with more possible at five other colleges.

By Tom Coombe

Two of the 14 schools in Pennsylvania's System of Higher Education have announced layoffs in the past two months.

That's according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News, which says that cuts that Edinboro University announced on Tuesday follow similar staff reductions at Clarion University in August.

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The newspaper noted that five other state schools—CheyneyEast StroudsburgKutztownMansfield and Slippery Rock—could potentially see layoffs next year.


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