Chicago State University lays off about a third of its staff

Posted By: Hija Chang on May 03, 2016

About a week after troubled Chicago State University received emergency funding from the state, the school was forced to lay off about a third of its staff, more than 300 employees. The staff cuts will save the financially strapped public university about $2 million a month. [Tribune]

Photo: Robert Bionaz, an associate professor of history at Chicago State University, lectures during a class in April.
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