According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, approximately 600 employees are eligible for the voluntary separation program. Howard University offers voluntary separation packagesHoward’s voluntary separation program is available to eligible full-time faculty and staff who meet specific age and years-of-service requirements. Parent PLUS student loan changes are affecting collegesAmong the most significant financial changes for colleges is the implementation of new limits on Parent PLUS borrowing. At the same time, institutions have faced rising operating costs, deferred maintenance needs, housing shortages and increasing demands for student financial assistance. Those pressures are not unique to Howard University.