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.
According to our news partners at The Gazette , 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…