Judge Upholds Canisius College's Tenured Faculty Cuts as Way to Fix 'Perilous Financial Situation'

A judge found that Canisius College (NY) officials clearly detailed the college's financial distress in 2020, one of the factors that prompted him to dismiss a lawsuit from four tenured professors who lost their jobs amid cost-cutting moves. A deposition from John J. Hurley, the college's president when their jobs were eliminated, "pretty much spells out the very perilous financial situation that the college was facing," said State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Colaiacovo in his recent ruling. So the college's decision to end their employment was not "irrational or without support," Colaiacovo said. The four were not singled out, Colaiacovo said.