Overview
- The layoffs account for roughly 7–7.6% of DePaul’s full- and part-time staff, according to President Robert L. Manuel.
- The reductions are part of a plan to trim $27.4 million after enrollment losses that include about 755 fewer international students and a 62% drop in new international graduate students.
- About $11.4 million in savings will come from eliminating merit raises, a hiring freeze, reduced retirement contributions and executive pay cuts, with roughly $16 million from layoffs and other operating cuts.
- Despite these actions, the university projects a $12.6 million fiscal 2026 deficit and says it needs an additional $14.8 million to reach a 2.5% operating margin.
- Impacted employees will receive severance, career counseling and health insurance subsidies, and DePaul is launching its Designing DePaul plan to create new revenue streams while protecting student services.