Cabrini University Laying Off 363 People Amid Plans To Close

RADNOR, PA — Cabrini University in Delaware County plans to lay off more than 360 people ahead of plans to close its Radnor campus in June, according to a notice filed with the state.

In a WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, the university said it plans to lay off 363 employees starting May 17 and continuing through Aug. 30.

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act is a federal law designed to protect workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of a covered-business closing and covered-business mass layoff.

The WARN notice was dated March 27.

The layoff affects the following positions, according to a PennLive.com report:

• 64 full-time administrators
• Two part-time administrators
• Five full-time facility employees
• 113 part-time adjunct faculty members
• 49 full-time faculty members
• 15 part-time seasonal employees
• 99 student workers
• Five part-time support staff members
• 11 full-time staff members.

Cabrini will graduate its final class in May 2024 before permanently closing in June.

Cabrini was founded in 1957 by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was originally a college and became a university in 2016.

Since then, the university has struggled with enrollment, which was estimated at 1,600 in 2022 —about 1,000 less than in 2012, according to the state Department of Education data system.

In June, Villanova University reached a final agreement for Villanova to assume ownership of the Cabrini campus after the 2023-24 academic year. Villanova will maintain the Cabrini name for the 112-acre campus, PennLive.com reported, and completion of the transaction is contingent on a number of regulatory and other approvals.

“Villanova University and Cabrini University have always shared a commitment to faith-based education,” Rev. Peter M. Donohue, president of Villanova University, said in November. “The foundation was the impetus for an agreement with the two institutions.”

He continued, “United by our shared commitment to advancing Catholic education, Villanova and Cabrini have been working on a plan to share the Cabrini legacy."

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