Students and faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi are protesting layoffs of twelve tenured and tenure track professors for the 2010-11 academic year. These include all nine faculty members from the Department of Economics and Decision Science.  Students expressed their dissent through a gathering in support of the Economics Department and a petition to University President Martha Saunders to delay the removal of that department until an open forum has assessed the case. Groups such as the American Association of University Professors have also followed suit writing letters to the President expressing their dissatisfaction and criticizing the university’s decision. State law requires the final decision regarding these cuts take place by Sept 1st.

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