The primary driver? The federal government. The government revealed plans to cut 216,215 positions, accounting for nearly 80% of all layoff announcements in March.
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Layoff announcements surged to their third-highest level on record in March, driven largely by Elon Musk (DOGE). U.S. employers announced over 275,000 job cuts last month—a figure not seen since the height of the pandemic.
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Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover DOGE-related expenses.
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Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
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The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Penelope and Gus’s dad. Author, teacher, macaroni and cheese maker. PAPA’S COMING HOME is an instant NYT bestseller and on shelves now!
Associate Professor of Biology, Elon University. Insect communication, eco/evo and behavioral ecology. Teaching and learning. Views here are my own.
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Here to find and tell tales relating to all aspects of technology enhanced learning; educational technology; #edtech; #highered; learning design; digital education; future, current and past. Working at the University of Galway. Mo thuairimí féin.
Mathematician, faculty developer, and education researcher currently working as a consultant. He/him
https://drew-lewis.com
Educator, author, consultant. Associate director at the University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence. Author of Intentional Tech from West Virginia University Press. Host of the Intentional Teaching podcast. Birder.
Professor; play advocate; motor matters
Assistant Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning; assistant Professor, Wellness & Education | Elon University
ED, FacDev, SoTL, HigherEd, dog mom, game enthusiast, reader of terrible fiction, 🇨🇦
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Retired Sociology Professor
Independent music creator, singer-singwriter, composer, notfornaught.band, a project of @JLCarter.
Rhetoric professor, flight instructor, singer-songwriter
I research history, citizenship, identity & belonging at the UAlberta. Landlocked Bluenoser trying to get back to the ocean. 🌊
@cpeck3 at that other place.
PhD candidate in Composition & Rhetoric at UW-Madison. She/her.
Historian of eighteenth century, women, gender, towns and childhood, usually Scotland and Europe (which does include Britain).
