Declaring 'Financial Exigency,' Upper Iowa Makes More Cuts, Laying Off Professors, Deans

Declaring "financial exigency" as it faces declining enrollment and a need to increase its cash on hand, Upper Iowa University is cutting academic programs, laying off employees including faculty and deans, and merging its colleges, the Des Moines Register has learned. The moves follow a separate round of layoffs and other cuts earlier this month by the Fayette-based school, whose satellite programs include an office in West Des Moines.
A presentation from administrators to school staff said Upper Iowa needed to take "swift and decisive action to secure long-term viability."