While the Air Force Academy sent a letter to incoming cadets early last week reassuring them of a quality education at the school, a definitive plan for layoffs among faculty and staff is still in the works.
Among the academy’s civilians around 140 have resigned through the federal government’s two deferred resignation programs, but the school is expected to lay off a significant number of additional civilians, according to internal communication and professors, who spoke on the condition of anonymity after attending presentations on cuts.
As a result of the cuts, the academy may need to eliminate majors and minors and cut the number of hours required to graduate, the internal communication said…