Stanford University’s Hoover Tower on June 7, 2019. Photo by Sinead Chang.
Responding to financial headwinds from the federal administration, Stanford University this week reported that it will be laying off 363 employees, according to a notice that the university filed with the state Employment Development Department.
The layoffs are part of the university’s plan to reduce its budget by $140 million in the upcoming school year, according to a notice that university President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez sent to faculty and staff on July 31.
“This is the product of a challenging fiscal environment shaped in large part by federal policy change affecting higher education,” Levin and Martinez wrote.
The university issued the layoff notice on July 31 in accordance with the WARN Act, a state law that requires employers to provide a 60-day notice of mass layoffs. The action comes at a time when the Trump Administration