Iowa: Hawkeye faculty ‘shocked’ by layoffs

by E Wayne Ross on April 13, 2009

WCF Courier: Hawkeye faculty ‘shocked’ by layoffs

WATERLOO — Faculty members at Hawkeye Community College are reeling following notification last week that 43 instructors will lose their jobs.

“The general mood of the individuals involved is that they are shocked, angry and very disappointed to have been treated in this fashion,” said Arlyn Ristau, former president of the Hawkeye Professional Educators Association.