Private Houston university cuts 30 faculty jobs amid restructuring

In an effort to save between $5 million and $6 million, the University of St. Thomas is reorganizing schools and departments, shuffling positions, reworking its core curriculum and not renewing the contracts of 30 members of faculty.

These changes are set to take into effect between now and fall of 2020. 

The university’s School of Arts and Sciences will be restructured, now consisting of the Division of Liberal Studies; the Division of Mathematics, Technology and Life Science; and the Division…