Spelman cutting 35 jobs, education department

Spelman College officials announced Monday that they are eliminating 23 jobs that are staffed and another 12 vacant positions and phasing out the school’s department of education.

The women’s college is collaborating with neighbors Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College to create an Atlanta University Center teacher certificate program.

Spelman is also discontinuing its continuing education and children’s dance programs, and will stop subsidizing its Edelman Child Care Center.

The announcement follows revelations by Clark Atlanta and Morehouse that they are cutting back on faculty as endowments suffer losses in the stock market and families of students and donors face their own financial setbacks.