DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – Duke University plans to offer new buyouts to faculty ahead of likely staff layoffs in response to the scope of threats of cuts to federal funding under the Trump administration.

In a video message released on Thursday, Duke University President Vincent Price addressed the private school’s community as it enters “challenging times.”

“We will, for the foreseeable future, have to be smaller – and do our work with fewer people,” Price said. “I sincerely wish that this were not the case, but the harsh reality is that reducing our spending by the scale required means that Duke will have to employ fewer people.”

Price announced that eligible Duke faculty members will receive voluntary retirement incentives, as he stated that the school expects “likely” involuntary staff

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