Portland State University’s budget plan would cut 52 jobs, according to reporting that cites the university’s expected $35 million deficit projection. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter at PSU condemned the proposal and said it would fight faculty layoffs. The AAUP response frames the cuts as an immediate threat to academic staffing and shared governance at the university, where deficit-driven reductions can ripple into course offerings, workload, and student support. The dispute sets up a near-term test of labor and faculty governance processes as PSU evaluates how to close the gap and whether there is room for alternative restructuring.