The workforce reduction comes as the university attempts to “enhance and achieve operational efficiencies,” a university spokesperson told the Washington Post. “This includes difficult but necessary actions as we realign and re-engineer our workforce at the university and the hospital.”
Howard University employs 5,474 people, including hospital staff, according to the report.
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