Delaware County Community College may be left with no counselors on campus.
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Delaware County Community College shocked faculty and staff when it warned its entire counseling department of layoffs set to take effect this summer. College leaders argue they need the cuts to shrink a budget gap, but counselors are fighting for their jobs, arguing their services can’t be outsourced.
The college notified its 14 full-time counselors in early April that their roles would end June 30. The news came just days after the college slashed 43 positions, including 22 part-time counselors, 15 administrators and support staff, four part-time librarians, and two executives, according to college administrators. The two rounds of cuts would leave no counselors on campus.
The college’s faculty union is bargaining with campus leaders in hopes of saving counselors’ jobs. (Full-time counselors count as faculty at DCCC. All but three of the 14 hold tenure.) The college extended their layoff date until the end of July to make time for the negotiations.
