Employment in higher ed shrank for the third consecutive quarter

The good news, if you can call it that, is that the rate of shrinkage has declined.
http://www.higheredjobs.com/Articles/articleDisplay.cfm?ID=520&utm_source=05_28_14&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InsiderUpdate

Faculty lay offs have been announced at numerous schools.  Just a few examples:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/02/tenured-faculty.html

http://usmfreepress.org/2014/03/20/provost-calls-meetings-for-the-morning-lay-offs-of-11-to-12-faculty-could-follow/

http://abovethelaw.com/2014/02/tenured-faculty-layoffs-could-be-coming-to-a-new-york-law-school-but-which-one-and-when/

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2014/02/27/assumption-college-lays-off-faculty.html

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/02/eastern_michigan_university_layoffs_majority_of_full-time_education_lecturers_get_notices.html

http://www.wkow.com/story/24767609/2014/02/19/marquette-university-announces-layoffs

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/05/01/northern-kentucky-university-budget-state-cuts/8571881/

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