Deans and department heads at the University of Oregon are under mounting pressure to identify budget cuts amidst a university wide budget deficit. The cuts have led to multiple rounds of layoffs in recent months.
Despite a recent donation of $25 million by the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation to support the School of Global Studies and Languages, many of the language programs will shrink amid these cuts.
Under the UA Collective Bargaining Agreement the school would have to provide faculty with a one-year notice of termination meaning that the cuts would not fully impact the program until September 2026…