Some Penn State employees still feel left in the dark after numbers for the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program were released.
Faculty wise, campuses Abington, Altoona, Berks, Dubois, Lehigh Valley, Wilkes-Barre, Hazelton and Scranton had less than 5% of faculty take the VSIP. “Something that really struck me that someone said today, really has stuck in my brain, and I think this echoes how all of us feel: We fear this, and we wonder if we’re in good hands. And I think that is the heart of what it is we’re talking about today. We’re afraid, we’re worried. We’re worried about our colleagues, we’re worried about our campuses. We’re worried about the academic structure of the university, and we wonder, is all of that in good hands?” Stine said.
“Just to give you some sort of idea, the average number of courses of those faculty taking the volunteer separation was only two courses for the fall, which represents about 3% of the courses we offer across all commonwealth campuses,” he said.