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What’s actually going on at Suffolk Law?

Brian Leiter

Various blogs picked up on a brief, and unsourced, line in a longer story about Suffolk University to the effect that all tenured faculty were being offered buy-outs.  All the tenured faculty?  Really?  I can imagine that like a number of schools seriously affected by declines in enrollments, retirement incentives and/or buy-outs are being made available, but it's hard to see the sense in buying out all your tenured faculty.  If someone from Suffolk would like to confirm or clarify, I'm opening comments for that purpose.  Please include a valid e-mail address (which will not appear).

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2 responses to “What’s actually going on at Suffolk Law?”

  1. Jim Milles

    I don’t have any inside info on Suffolk, but I’m somewhat skeptical of the “buyout” language. I’ve seen other institutions offer tepid “retirement incentives” that have been wrongly described in the press as “buyouts.”

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  2. Bob Bohrer

    It is more likely be an offer to all of the group, with an express limit on the number that can accept and the priority among applicants. That is different than an offer to the group with the intent or understanding that all can accept the offer.

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