Brown University is laying off 48 employees and eliminating 55 vacant positions as part of a broader effort to shave $30 million off its budget, top leaders at the Ivy League institution announced Monday. In August, the university blamed its... — read more
Significant Cost Cutting
https://www.highereddive.com/news/brown-university-cost-cutting-federal-funding-trump-administration/
Brown is Trump's latest target
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/metro/brown-university-510-million-funding-cuts-trump-antisemitism/
Job security at Brown?
Looking to apply for a (non-teaching) position at Brown. Not familiar with higher-ed, how’s the job security? Only thing I can find as in article from 2010 about layoffs, has there been talks of any soon? Or is it something that specific departments... — read more
Private equity pain (Bloomberg)
"Elite US universities have long been private equity trailblazers, plowing billions of dollars into the asset class. But a chorus of industry leaders has declared an end to the era of easy profit, and that’s pressuring schools to more delicately... — read more
Price Fixing?
https://www.highereddive.com/news/price-fixing-lawsuit-against-568-group-of-top-ranked-universities-can-conti/629837/
High finance
Brown University was built by thieves. So how much has changed? https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications/a-conversation-with-charlie-eaton/