The Fiscal Year 2023 budget, projected persistent declines in enrollment across higher education, major renovations to Kilcawley Center and President Jim Tressel's future were among the topics discussed during two days of meetings this week by the YSU Board of Trustees. The board met in Tod Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, June 22 and 23. For the full resolutions, and other
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YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State University’s faculty union is asking the university’s Board of Trustees to fully assess all non-academic units before reducing or eliminating any academic programs.
The YSU-Ohio Education Association’s move calls for the board to authorize a letter Chet Cooper, chairman of the Academic Senate, sent April 30 to the administration asking it to make “data-informed decisions about all of our academic programs,” in response to a projected decrease in enrollment applications.
The correspondence quotes Brien N. Smith, provost and vice president for academic affairs, as saying, “The number of high school graduates is trending downward for the foreseeable future, and institutions of higher education can expect lower enrollments as a result.”
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.
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