<p>I don't where to post this, but I ran into it today. It is very interesting for anybody who would every consider a career in academia. The University of Northern Iowa, one of the 3 state colleges in Iowa, is actually doing a mass layoff of tenured faculty. Programs with under 10 students will face elimination or significant reductions in faculty. Faculty are going nuts condemning the President of the University, but the students are protesting.....for the cuts in the faculty. The students want the Professors cut.</p>
<p>UPDATE:</a> UNI faculty denounce president</p>
<p>I see some of the student's points. The University of Northern Iowa's Physics department has 12 tenured faculty, and graduates sometimes 2 undergrads a year, which is absurd. I've actually never read anything like this before.</p>