West Virginia University gives final approval to academic program, faculty cuts
Despite shouts of “stop the cuts” from students, West Virginia University’s board voted Friday to make wide-ranging reductions to academic programs and faculty positions as it addresses a $45 million budget shortfall. The state's largest university will drop 28 of its majors, or about 8%, and cut at least 143 of the faculty positions, or around 5%. Among the cuts are one-third of education department faculty and the entire world language department, although seven language teaching positions are being retained and students can take some language courses as electives...
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