UDC layoffs: 'Everything's on the table'

The University of the District of Columbia is slated to announce within the next two weeks a plan for widescale layoffs of faculty and staff as part of an effort to fix the university’s finances and help its community college’s bid for independence.

The layoffs are part of a “right-sizing effort” formally recommended by the UDC Community College Transition to Independence Advisory Board in a report released Wednesday, although a university task force has been sorting through the layoff decisions for months. The plan should be released Oct. 1.