The University of Oregon announced its next round of layoffs Monday, following months of speculation.

The school said it will cut another 60 employees, and eliminate 59 vacant positions. That's in addition to the layoffs that were announced earlier this year .

UO didn't immediately share which specific employees would be affected. But it said those individuals will be notified about their employment status this week.

Ahead of Monday's announcement, faculty had raised alarms that the cuts could mean the elimination of whole subjects, and layoffs for tenured faculty—a move that one professor argued would discredit UO as a research institution.

However, University Provost Christopher Long told KLCC Monday that no tenured or tenure-track faculty will be laid off, and no degree progra

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