{"title":"ED layoffs portend troubled waters for OCR, financial aid, education research","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/cala.41618","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Education initiated a reduction in force (RIF) which implicated nearly 50% of its workforce. A press release announcing the RIF noted that the department intends to cut its workforce from 4,133 to 2,183, with 572 employees accepting deferred resignation or voluntary separation incentives and approximately 1,375 employees placed on administrative leave.</p>","PeriodicalId":100209,"journal":{"name":"Campus Legal Advisor","volume":"25 10","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Campus Legal Advisor","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cala.41618","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Education initiated a reduction in force (RIF) which implicated nearly 50% of its workforce. A press release announcing the RIF noted that the department intends to cut its workforce from 4,133 to 2,183, with 572 employees accepting deferred resignation or voluntary separation incentives and approximately 1,375 employees placed on administrative leave.