These Tenured Professors Thought They Were Safe From Manhattan College’s Latest Layoffs. They Were Wrong.

Nearly two dozen faculty members at Manhattan College, most of them tenured, got word last month that they were being laid off. The decision appeared to contradict the “last-in, first-out” approach laid out last fall by the New York college’s administrators, in which the newest employees would be offered buyouts as the first to go. In what felt to some faculty members like a bait and switch, several senior professors who assumed their jobs weren’t at risk now face termination, while more-junior scholars, who signed buyout agreements because they thought they would be dismissed under the policy, now find themselves unable to revoke those deals. We are unable to fully display the content of this page. The most likely cause of this is a content blocker on your computer or network. Please allow access to our site, and then refresh this page. You may then be asked to log in, create an account if you don't already have one, or subscribe. If you continue to experience

Nearly two dozen faculty members at Manhattan College, most of them tenured, got word last month that they were being laid off. The decision appeared to contradict the “last-in, first-out” approach laid out last fall by the New York college’s administrators, in which the newest employees would be offered buyouts as the first to go. In what felt to some faculty members like a bait and switch, several senior professors who assumed their jobs weren’t at risk now face termination, while more-junior scholars, who signed buyout agreements because they thought they would be dismissed under the policy