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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 and costs skyrocketing, the university had to shed weight, he said. Programs and positions that serv...

MORGANTOWN — Over the next three years, researchers with the West Virginia University Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions will try to gain an

MORGANTOWN — Over the next three years, researchers with the West Virginia University Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions will try to gain an understanding of where and why leaks of methane and other gases happen — and their effects on local air quality and global climate. With the support of $5.5 million in […]

West Virginia University proposed changes to its evaluation, promotion, tenure and termination policies. Hundreds of faculty members have now registered their opposition.

Last week, WVU’s Faculty Senate held an assembly to allow all faculty to vote on the revised procedures for appointment, annual evaluation, promotion and tenure.