Bowie State among universities cutting staff as funding declines

Bowie State among universities cutting staff as funding declines

Several colleges and universities, including some in the D.C. area, are making deep staffing cuts amid budget deficits and reductions in state and federal funding. Last week, Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest historically Black university, announced plans to eliminate 79 jobs while it grapples with an $18 million deficit. President Aminta Breaux, in a letter to the campus, said positions would be reduced through vacancies, reorganization…