Shades of SUNY Stony Brook at Portland State University (material courtesy of Oregon Public Broadcasting): “A report compiled by an accounting professor at Eastern Michigan University, at the request of PSU-AAUP, contends that despite declining enrollment and rising expenses, PSU is in good financial health.” Yet, on December 13, “17 non-tenure track faculty (15 from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and two from the College of Urban and Public Affairs) found an official termination letter in their university email. PSU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors represents all of the faculty members who received the letters. The last day they’ll have jobs at PSU is June 15. The layoffs are not surprising. University administrators had been signaling for months that staff cuts were coming this school year as PSU attempted to decrease personnel costs and close an $18 million gap in its operating budget.” Read more here.