YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State University is looking to trim its ranks with a voluntary separation and retirement program.
In a special meeting this week, the university’s board of trustees approved a resolution to consider providing a voluntary separation and retirement program for full-time tenured faculty members who are close to retiring or possibly moving elsewhere, such as into the private sector. University officials stated in a news release the program was developed in collaboration with YSU-Ohio Education Association leadership.
Eligible faculty members will be given the opportunity to separate their employment from the university, and receive a retirement incentive.
Terms of the program will be finalized after the results of a vote by the YSU-OEA faculty today. The proposal will be voted on because it’s outside of the union’s contract, Mark Vopat, the YSU-OEA spokesman said.