Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats
By Abby Spiller | March 13, 2025Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending. The administrators added that these immediate steps will be followed by additional measures as leaders develop “cost-reduction proposals” across the rest of the University.