About 80 employees of Education Management Corp. were laid off on Tuesday, the latest in a series of cuts by the Downtown-based for-profit education company as it battles a decline in enrollment and profits.
Operations and support staff at EDMC's offices at the Strip District and in Green Tree were affected, said spokesman Chris Hardman.
“This is all part of our ongoing ability to maintain close alignment between our resources and market demand,” Hardman said Tuesday afternoon. “As such, we have to structure our organization to most efficiently meet the needs of our students.”
Employees interviewed outside the Strip District offices around 4 p.m. on Tuesday said they were unaware of the layoffs and declined to comment.
Chris Fleisher is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7854 or cfleisher@tribweb.com.
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