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Faculty Grapple with Shocking Layoffs – The Quadrangle

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Jeff Horn, Ph.D., a tenured history professor who received a termination notice. MANHATTAN.EDU/COURTESY By Kyla Guilfoil, Senior Writer Faculty at Manhattan College remain in shock and anger following the layoffs of 19 tenured and four untenured professors earlier this month, prompting a sense of betrayal and mistrust among faculty against the college administration. The January layoffs came after administration had told faculty in the fall that cuts would come on a “last in, first out” basis, meaning the faculty most recently hired within departments would be the first to be let go. When 19 tenured professors, many having served at the college for several years, were targeted in the new layoffs, faculty were left in complete shock. Jeff Horn, Ph.D., a history professor who has taught at the college for over two decades, was one of the tenured professors to receive an unexpected termination notice on Jan. 12. “This was completely unexpected,” Horn said. “We were aware that further cut

Jeff Horn, Ph.D., a tenured history professor who received a termination notice. MANHATTAN.EDU/COURTESY By Kyla Guilfoil, Senior Writer Faculty at Manhattan College remain in shock and anger following the layoffs of 19 tenured and four untenured professors earlier this month, prompting a sense of betrayal and mistrust among faculty against the college administration. The January layoffs came after administration had told faculty in the fall that cuts would come on a “last in, first out” basis, meaning the faculty most recently hired within departments would be the first to be let go. When 19 t

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