World Learning Cuts 14 Positions

Brattleboro, Vermont’s World Learning is cutting 14 non-faculty positions, and implementing a 5% salary cut for its 2010 fiscal year.

The salary reductions only affect non-faculty employees making more than $30,000 a year. Those employees will get an additional eight holiday and vacation days.

Outplacement and career counseling have been offered to those affected.

World Learning is a global non-profit organization with operations in more than 75 countries. Through its international education programs – The Experiment in International Living, SIT Study Abroad, and SIT Graduate Institute – World Learning fosters global citizenship by connecting over 3,000 young ambassadors annually across cultural differences and social barriers.