Portland State to lay off 17 faculty members; union says more layoffs may be coming

In an effort to close a $18 million budget deficit, Portland State University informed 17 non-tenure track faculty members on Friday that their employment will terminate in mid-June.

According to Emily Ford, president of the Portland State chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which advocates for 1,200 academic staff members on campus, 15 of those were in the College of Liberal Arts.

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