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Re:A twenty-year professor on starting college this fall: Don’t by patrickthebold on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:22PM (#22919994)
The people who work there might have been planning on 3 months w/o pay, but are expecting a job in the fall.
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Re:A twenty-year professor on starting college this fall: Don’t by elliekelly on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:39AM (#22921143)
I wonder whether tenured professors can be laid off/furloughed?
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Re:A twenty-year professor on starting college this fall: Don’t by williamstein on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:09AM (#22924477)
Yes, they can be furloughed. This happened during the 2008 financial crises, and it already happened a few days ago at Univ of Arizona.
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