Albany Times Union: For RPI, priorities an issue
Layoffs spark questions about school’s spending on construction, salaries
RPI administrators refused to release details about the cuts, but a state labor official said the school is laying off 98 of its roughly 1,800 employees. Numerous interviews with current and former RPI employees painted a picture of the people affected: janitors and secretaries, groundskeepers and librarians, techies and publicists.
Employees who lost their jobs and others who didn’t are questioning RPI’s lavish spending on executive compensation and new buildings like the just-opened $200 million Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.
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