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Deep financial dive at top US medical school finds less money than expected and leaves some faculty feeling their research accounts were raided to fill gaps

Can these economic engines of the middle class adapt in the face of punishing market changes, and offer a new generation of students, including many immigrants and first-generation college entrants, a path to social mobility?

Its president ignored the warning signs about declining enrollment. Now WVU is deeply in debt, in thrall to market-worshipping consultants, and cutting a shocking number of programs and faculty.

Colleges and universities are turning to anti-union “efficiency” experts to address budgetary shortfalls.

Facing a $45 million budget deficit, West Virginia University has proposed eliminating hundreds of faculty positions, as well as programs and entire degrees.

Projecting an enrollment nosedive, West Virginia University is preparing for a lean future. Some call it an act of surrender, while others say it’s a prudent choice to be replicated elsewhere. At his semiannual State of the University address in March, West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee gave a blunt assessment to a crowd of faculty, administrators, students and staff: WVU is too big—and its student body shrinking too fast—to operate sustainably. With enrollment rates eroding ...

Inflation, enrollment woes, and increasing intolerance of tuition increases has made this budget season especially difficult.

Two years ago, Antioch University identified 250 colleges to potentially merge with. In Otterbein, they found their perfect match.

Many campuses with fewer than 1,000 students survived the pandemic on fumes. What’s next?

Originally published May 16, 2022 at 5:39 PM CDT