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WVU libraries will be asked to further reduce their budget by up to $800,000 as part of a review of 20 academic support units. 

West Virginia University Libraries will reduce personnel, to realize $800,000 in savings as the university’s “Academic Transformation” continues.

West Virginia University Libraries, already hit this year with a 30% cut in its operating budget, now faces up to $800,000 in personnel cuts under measures announced Wednesday to shore up the university’s deficit-plagued finances. The action is outlined in one of the letters delivered by the provost’s office to

Tears painted the faces of students, faculty and staff as the Board of Governors approved the Provost’s Office’s final recommendations, axing 28 majors and 143 faculty during a meeting Friday.

Many students took to the podium Thursday at the Student Government Association’s first town hall meeting of the semester in the Mountainlair Ballroom.

Some of West Virginia University’s proposed program cuts appear unprecedented, or close to it, for an institution of its kind. Department appeals and student protests seem to be having little effect so far. West Virginia University’s tagline is “Mountaineers go first.” In 2016, it became the state’s only "R-I" university—a prestigious label reserved for those with “very high research activity” in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. But WVU m...

MORGANTOWN— During a special meeting of the West Virginia University Board of Governors, officials introduced the next target for reorganization and adjusted the timeline for the review of academic service

Administrators said that programs appealing the Provost’s Office’s preliminary recommendations for changes or discontinuations could face further reductions during a Campus Conversation Thursday.

Of the 25 program units identified by West Virginia University for formal review, 19 have informed the university they will be appealing the preliminary recommendations. Appeals will be heard between Aug. 24 and Sept. 1.

Students and alumni spoke at the Board of Governors’ special meeting Tuesday to express their concerns about the proposed program cuts and their possible effects on the state and campus