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Ivy Tech Fort Wayne to Lose Nine as Part of Statewide Job Cuts
- On Friday, May 30, Ivy Tech Community College president Sue Ellspermann announced layoffs of 202 employees across 45 Indiana locations.
- The layoffs were due to a $54 million budget gap caused by a reduction of 5% in state funding combined with tuition rates that were held steady by the General Assembly.
- Layoffs began the same Friday, affecting 2.8% of the workforce, with 44 cuts at the Systems Office in Indianapolis and others at campuses like Lake County and Valparaiso.
- Ellspermann explained that because the college relies mainly on funding from the state, along with tuition and fees, recent changes have quickly impacted their budgeting decisions, and affected employees will be offered separation packages.
- Ivy Tech will keep all 19 campuses open and maintain student services and academic quality, while Ellspermann expressed confidence in the college’s resilience despite challenges.
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Ivy Tech Fort Wayne to lose nine as part of statewide job cuts
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Last week, Ivy Tech Community College President Sue Ellspermann announced it would layoff 202 employees statewide as a result of cuts in state funding. WANE 15 has learned those cuts include nine employees at the Fort Wayne campus; eight staffers and one faculty member. Ellspermann noted in her letter announcing the cuts that all state higher education institutions have received a five percent cut in state funding and the…
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State budget crunch leads to 202 Ivy Tech layoffs
State cutbacks and state-frozen tuition rates led to the layoffs of 202 Ivy Tech Community College employees, President Sue Ellsperman said Friday. The cost-cutting amounted to $54 million to resolve the shortfall, she said. There were 13 layoffs at the Lake County campus and 10 at the Valparaiso campus. The highest number of layoffs, which began Friday, came at the school’s Systems Office in Indianapolis, which had 44. “This is a challenging mo…
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