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At a flagship in crisis, a tiny program’s fight to survive reveals competing visions over the purpose of higher education.

Wren Baker couldn’t have imagined the challenges he would face over his first seven months as West Virginia’s athletic director. Baker has earned his keep — and then some — by making multiple hiring decisions since coming from North Texas. There will be at least a few more by next spring, not to mention trying to keep West Virginia competitive as the Big 12 welcomes four new teams this season.

Josh Eilert was patient waiting to become a head coach, and he's hoping West Virginia players will show the same trait and stay around now that he has been given a chance to run the program. Eilert was selected as the interim coach at West Virginia on Saturday night after spending 17 years on Bob Huggins' staffs at Kansas State and West Virginia, including as an assistant coach last season.

Josh Eilert was patient waiting to become a head coach, and he's hoping West Virginia players will show the same trait and stay around now that he has been given a chance to run the program. Eilert was selected as the interim coach at West Virginia on Saturday night after spending 17 years on Bob Huggins' staffs at Kansas State and West Virginia, including as an assistant coach last season.

WADA told Reuters it had been approached by the GEF about developing a plan around health and wellness which could alert gamers, who spend hours and even days behind screens, to the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs. U.S. asks court to dismiss ruling against travel mask directive The Justice Department on Tuesday asked an appeals court panel to vacate an April 2021 ruling that had declared unlawful a government order requiring masks on airplanes and other transportation modes during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the issue was now moot because the national emergency was now over.