Sept. 25, 2023
Mergers, program recommendations and restructuring of non-academic units, part of Transformation initiatives, have marked a challenging summer of change and set the foundation to build a stronger University starting this fall.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/25/wvu-humanities-liberal-arts-cuts-west-virginia-university/stories/202309240143
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/znewsletter-sunday/2023/09/sunday-sit-down-west-liberty-university-president-tim-borchers-2/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/changes-at-wvu-and-a-discussion-about-distrust-on-this-west-virginia-morning/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/18/enrollment-numbers-down-wvu-amid-45m-budget-deficit-cuts/
The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/what-are-the-liberal-arts-a-literature-scholar-explains-211011
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/18/changes-at-wvu-including-cuts-to-campus-programs-and-administrative-functions-are-not-over/
WV MetroNews, A “Talkline” segment with Gordon Gee and Taunja Willis Miller starts at the beginning of the show.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-monday-september-18-2023
Connect-Bridgeport
https://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view§ion=News&item=More-Cuts-are-in-Store-for-West-Virginia-University52970
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/david-foreman-why-are-wvu-athletics-exempt-from-cuts-opinion/article_cf934604-3149-50a8-b062-3e78c348e5d9.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-plenty-of-hearings-but-is-anyone-listening/article_1efb6205-788a-55d2-9e86-518194ff67ae.html
My Buckhannon
https://www.mybuckhannon.com/board-of-governors-approves-academic-recommendations-to-strategically-reposition-wvu/
WOWK-TV
https://www.wowktv.com/news/inside-wv-politics/what-is-happening-with-wvu-this-and-more-on-inside-west-virginia-politics/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/09/18/breaking-down-inside-higher-eds-annual-admissions-survey
R&D World
https://www.rdworldonline.com/ai-going-commercial-in-this-weeks-rd-power-index/
CNN, Opinion
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/opinions/west-virginia-university-gordon-gee-humanities-cuts-krebs/index.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/19/wvu-president-gordon-gee-talks-academic-transformation-with-the-dominion-post/
The Washington Post, Opinion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/19/college-education-opposite-vocational-training/
WAJR Radio
https://wajr.com/elected-leaders-in-morgantown-react-to-wvu-academic-transformation/
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/09/gee-changes-at-wvu-will-help-secure-its-future/
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch, Opinion
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/john-palmer-ukraine-wvu-show-the-value-of-morale/article_50cccaf2-0ce0-57d1-806e-3242f36fa72e.html
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Opinion
https://www.chronicle.com/article/gutting-language-departments-would-be-a-disaster
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Opinion
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/2023/09/education-wvu-cuts-are-painful-but-necessary/
WTAP-TV
https://www.wtap.com/2023/09/19/glenville-state-university-president-talks-about-higher-education-issues-facing-students-universities/
Daily Trojan, Opinion
https://dailytrojan.com/2023/09/20/the-death-of-higher-education-starts-with-budget-cuts/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/admin-outlines-next-steps-for-students-in-axed-programs/article_e567cf02-572b-11ee-a599-1fc3895677a8.html
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/suny-potsdam-looks-to-eliminate-14-more-programs-to-close-9m-deficit/694146/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/survey-more-than-half-of-americans-oppose-wvus-foreign-language-cuts/
University Business
https://universitybusiness.com/how-profound-budget-deficits-are-forcing-schools-to-make-unpopular-decisions/
Inside Higher Ed, Opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/09/21/wvu-abandons-award-winning-global-education-opinion
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/gee-dismisses-past-audits-denies-financial-mismanagement-of-wvu-during-gazette-mail-interview/article_d8da078e-d3d7-5dc7-b5a1-362f6524bc71.html
BestColleges
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/west-virginia-university-approves-program-cuts/
The Fayette Tribune, Opinion
https://www.fayettetribune.com/opinion/regarding-education-we-havent-learned-a-thing/article_1929bec4-5833-11ee-9623-4f08a33bc89f.html
The Fayette Tribune, Opinion
https://www.fayettetribune.com/opinion/dominoes-anyone/article_9b86a59a-5832-11ee-a65d-f77a80acd81f.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/21/wvu-academic-budget-cuts-west-virginia/stories/202309200099
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/20/wvu-gives-updates-on-faculty-rif-process-transformation-progress-at-administrative-level/
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-college-majors-funding-cuts-aad5a0d5c7ab013d6c5489fd41e4dc54
The Daily Athenaeum, Opinion
https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/staff_editorials/letter-to-the-university-in-regards-to-the-handling-of-academic-transformation/article_6c062f06-5739-11ee-a6a3-47ba67208b67.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-gee-out-of-touch-with-reality-at-wvu/article_5063fe04-8039-5344-8e07-1b2b42f0d2de.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/gee-emphasizes-studies-his-administration-backed-cutting-downplays-role-of-45m-deficit/article_e78c7cf8-eb8f-5c62-9090-1d7f07e40283.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/gee-wvu-cannot-look-to-legislature-to-solve-financial-problems/article_9708179b-1ee8-5159-8373-75a6b258fea4.html
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/tenure/2023/09/22/tenure-critic-may-end-whole-programs-cut-faculty
North American Mining, Opinion
https://northamericanmining.com/index.php/2023/09/21/skills-gap-getting-wider/
University Times, University of Pittsburgh
https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/university-preparing
Forbes, Opinion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/09/22/fitch-predicts-more-college-closures-and-mergers-are-inevitable/?sh=54c074b051cb
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/22/shepherd-university-president-says-review-of-academic-programs-continues/
Times West Virginian, Opinion
https://www.timeswv.com/opinion/editorials/cheers-and-jeers/article_61bd0f40-597a-11ee-a176-f7cce94ff673.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/eight-chambers-college-faculty-non-renewed-outside-of-approved-reduction/article_dc361380-5992-11ee-8a27-db4d4d8010a4.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/as-faculty-cuts-keep-coming-at-wvu-salary-disparities-stick-out/article_98586872-2c69-5ad8-8e0f-e8a704118988.html
Forbes, Opinion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/09/23/whats-with-all-these-no-confidence-votes-in-university-presidents/?sh=352dd449636a
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/23/sept-24-letters-to-the-editor-2/
WV News, Opinion
https://www.wvnews.com/theet/opinion/editorials/the-pain-of-academic-transformation-will-continue-because-it-is-needed/article_b06b1aa0-5921-11ee-aed6-a38e0ab6c193.html
CNN, Opinion
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/24/opinions/2000-year-old-advice-for-coping-in-2023-opinion-column-galant/index.html
Academic Support Units
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/20/library-system-is-hit-hardest-as-wvu-announces-changes-to-academic-support-programs/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/20/wvu-announces-recommendations-20-academic-support-units/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wvu-announces-recommendations-for-academic-support-units/article_52f1f94c-57d3-11ee-ab12-bbf8e261d167.html
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-releases-recommendations-for-academic-support-units/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-continues-cuts-with-reductions-to-library-staff/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-libraries-to-make-800-000-in-personnel-reductions/article_0cd4c86b-1968-5d18-9ba6-c601c59c71bd.html
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/20/library-among-two-programs-asked-to-reduce-staff-in-wvus-budget-crunch/
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/wvu-reduce-library-budget-by-up-to-800k/694283/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/20/wvu-transformation-academic-support-unit-review-libraries-will-realize-800000-in-savings-through-staff-cuts-no-buildings-will-close/
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvus-library-system-plans-to-reduce-staff-modify-space-amid-university-cuts
TribLive
https://triblive.com/local/regional/more-cuts-planned-at-deficit-plagued-west-virginia-university/
WPXI-TV
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/west-virginia-university-proposes-additional-cuts-reorganizing-library-operations/MPPWEXIH3VBX5A75XJSRLVWRYA/
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2023/09/wvu-recommends-changes-to-some-support-services/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/admin-to-cut-800-000-from-wvu-libraries-amid-other-reductions-to-support-units/article_03bd8750-5806-11ee-8ca9-03efecd84168.html
Connect-Bridgeport
https://connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view§ion=News&item=West-Virginia-University-States-its-Recommendations-for-Academic-Support-Units-with-Finances-at-the-Core52999
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-cuts-continue-eight-faculty-contracts-not-renewed
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Week”
https://wvpublic.org/prison-overcrowding-wvu-cuts-and-covid-19-back-in-the-news-this-west-virginia-week/
Sept. 18, 2023
Starting today (Sept. 18), University units are beginning to coordinate with the Provost’s Office on implementation of the recommendations the Board of Governors approved Friday (Sept. 15) for 25 academic units, part of University-wide Transformation efforts.
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/17/wvu-will-start-implementing-academic-changes-while-also-acknowledging-long-road-to-repair-morale/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/17/wvu-reports-lower-student-enrollment-for-fall-semester/
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Opinion
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2023/09/reporters-notebook-the-old-college-try/
Inside Higher Ed, Opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/09/18/higher-educations-crisis-faith
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/18/wvu-could-face-more-cuts-this-week-at-libraries-lgbtq-center-and-more/
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/09/18/the-cuts-at-west-virginia-university-trend-setter-or-outlier/?sh=1f9840e44761
BOG Meeting — Public Comment
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/14/faculty-and-students-push-back-against-proposed-cuts-at-west-virginia-university/
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/09/wvu-board-of-governors-hears-concerns-about-proposed-cuts/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/14/wvu-bog-hears-three-hours-of-comments-opposing-academic-transformation-process/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-community-speaks-against-program-cuts-ahead-of-board-vote-friday/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-students-and-faculty-continue-to-protest-cuts-as-board-of-governors-vote-nears/article_a20ef360-7553-5115-98a1-a2de29e97f85.html
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/students-faculty-make-final-plea-ahead-of-vote-to-cut-programs
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/tenure/2023/09/14/wvu-students-faculty-cry-out-last-day-vote-cuts?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=763ae2213c-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-763ae2213c-236840990&mc_cid=763ae2213c&mc_eid=b624c3bfa9
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/you-are-against-west-virginians/article_1f3a68d6-5351-11ee-ac44-57e25ae9f350.html
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-students-host-rally-to-prepare-for-board-of-governors-public-comment-hearing/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/student-union-talks-proposed-wvu-cuts-and-amy-ray-band-has-our-song-of-the-week-this-west-virginia-morning/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/new-student-organization-opposes-wvu-program-cuts/
World Socialist Web Site
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/18/ckms-s18.html
BOG Meeting — Votes
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-university-academic-faculty-cuts-245527c044cc2cfe80bcbe8c2eda7e98
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/09/board-of-governors-approves-cuts-at-wvu/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-board-of-governors-approves-faculty-program-cuts/article_5cd0be22-53c7-11ee-a33f-13839102f39f.html
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/15/protests-breaks-out-wvu-board-governors-officially-votes-cut-staff-programs/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-board-of-governors-accepts-most-proposed-cuts/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/whats-next-for-programs-affected-by-wvu-cuts/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/15/west-virginia-program-cuts-updates/stories/202309150095
Mountain State Spotlight
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/09/15/wvu-board-cuts-degrees-layoffs/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/15/crowd-erupts-and-erupts-as-wvu-officials-approve-almost-all-recommended-cuts/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/15/students-express-anger-concern-about-the-value-of-a-wvu-degree-moving-forward/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/shared-governance/2023/09/15/despite-national-pushback-wvu-will-cut-faculty
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-board-of-governors-approves-cuts-during-chaotic-meeting/article_a9f8da20-1f2f-578b-8076-164eec4582e8.html
The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/west-virginia-university-slashes-majors-and-cuts-staff-despite-protests-4d237966
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-board-approves-final-list-of-cuts-for-majors-faculty
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/bog-approves-recommended-program-faculty-cuts/article_f19a5356-53f4-11ee-a4ff-634e136fca9d.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/emotions-high-as-wvu-board-of-governors-approves-cuts-to-programs-positions/
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/15/despite-public-outcry-wvu-will-cut-28-majors-143-faculty-jobs/
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/wvu-board-approves-academic-cuts-45m-deficit/693857/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/15/wvu-bogs-votes-on-academic-transformation-greeted-with-chants-jeers-and-tears/
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/15/west-virginia-board-approves-academic-cuts/
Axios
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/15/west-virginia-university-liberal-arts-program-cut
The Daily Caller
https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/15/university-eliminates-over-100-jobs/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/15/west-virginia-program-cuts-updates/stories/202309150095
WPXI-TV, Video is embedded in AP story
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/west-virginia-university-gives-final-approval-academic-program-faculty-cuts/MBMHWM254FBUVCOBM3QKNF4LG4/
WTAE-TV, Video is embedded in AP story
https://www.wtae.com/article/west-virginia-university-gives-final-approval-to-academic-program-faculty-cuts/45155914#
KDKA-TV, Video is embedded in AP story
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/west-virginia-university-final-approval-academic-program-faculty-cuts/
Times West Virginian
https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/west-virginia-university-cuts-sets-off-wave-of-fury-at-board-of-governors-meeting/article_91ea6686-541b-11ee-860e-33b99b163f08.html
Times West Virginian
https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/galvanized-by-cuts-west-virginia-university-students-prepare-to-resist-through-union/article_5ffc036e-541b-11ee-b7c7-8b3b90d7fc58.html
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/15/wvu-moves-forward-with-cuts-amidst-protests/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wvu-board-of-governors-approve-cuts-as-part-of-academic-transformation/article_26b60fc0-5400-11ee-8886-0be115fdbbb8.html
WOAY-TV
https://woay.com/chaotic-scene-at-wvu-amid-board-of-governors-faculty-program-cuts/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/columnists/phil_kabler/statehouse-beat-wv-government-shutting-out-public-propping-up-coal/article_e388579f-1b3f-5e74-999e-e6a3d787859c.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/15/wvu-leaders-field-press-questions-following-board-of-governors-votes-on-program-cuts/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Week”
https://wvpublic.org/stories-of-abortion-deserts-floods-wvu-and-9-11-on-this-west-virginia-week/
Republic World
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/us-news/are-liberal-arts-degrees-in-peril-in-the-us-articleshow.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/17/wvu-program-budget-cuts-west-virginia/stories/202309150121
Blaze Media
https://www.theblaze.com/news/west-virginia-university-slashes-liberal-arts-programs-cuts-143-faculty-positions
NewsNation
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/west-virginia-university-slashing-programs-setting-off-protests/
PJ Media, Opinion
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/09/16/west-virginia-university-cuts-28-majors-and-140-faculty-positions-due-to-budget-shortfall-n1727585
Additional Coverage
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/wvu-s-45-million-budget-shortfall-attracts-national-attention/article_a750880e-4bf9-11ee-85f4-3f9f7db24335.html
The Daily Athenaeum, “Monday in Morgantown” Podcast
https://www.thedaonline.com/podcasts/monday_in_morgantown/september-11-2023/audio_0caf54c3-f408-5b5a-a1b5-4108ff445e3f.html
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/11/vp-at-wvu-tells-lawmakers-gees-role-as-president-is-secure-and-defends-academic-cutbacks/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/11/wvu-students-prepare-final-comments-bog-members-prepare-for-academic-transformation-vote-friday/
WV MetroNews, A “Talkline” segment with Taunja Willis Miller and Tom Jones starts at the beginning of the show.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-monday-september-11-2023
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/an-audio-postcard-remembering-9-11-and-wvu-alums-rally-behind-faculty-students-on-this-west-virginia-morning/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-universitys-alsop-cuts-will-lead-to-success-and-growth/article_d266922c-50b8-11ee-9388-f7d8f4b951f8.html
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/11/gee-a-no-show-for-state-lawmakers-who-got-a-closer-look-at-wvu-budget-ahead-of-programs-jobs-cuts/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/lawmakers-learn-wvu-budget-overhaul-highlights-economy-driven-education/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/whats-workforce-w-va-all-about-and-turning-a-former-mine-into-a-city-park-on-this-west-virginia-morning/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/lawmakers-hear-update-on-wvus-financial-struggles/article_d23ab8cf-103c-593c-8d7f-27334592e0ff.html
WSAZ-TV
https://www.wsaz.com/2023/09/11/wvu-lawmakers-talk-budget-cuts/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/11/gee-addresses-wvus-academic-transformation-work-during-faculty-senate-meeting/
Mountain State Spotlight
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/09/11/wvu-budget-state-funding-law/
WOWK-TV
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/wvu-financial-problems-now-before-west-virginia-legislature/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-president-gee-addresses-academic-transformation-at-faculty-senate-meeting/article_fe7df0ec-50ec-11ee-b797-53ece387f9a7.html
West Virginia Legislature, Blog
https://blog.wvlegislature.gov/headline/2023/09/11/rob-alsop-updates-joint-finance-committee-defends-cuts-at-wvu/
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/09/wvu-explains-proposed-program-cuts-to-lawmakers/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/rick-staton-going-downhill-fast-at-wvu-opinion/article_2c2676a8-3a53-5b04-a414-ac6e18682180.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/justice-helped-shape-board-of-governors-considering-cuts-to-wvu-programs/article_0e68e757-36eb-59e5-bd53-e20988268863.html
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/vp-of-strategic-affairs-presents-proposed-wvu-cuts-to-lawmakers
WCBC Radio
https://www.wcbcradio.com/?news=create-wv-group-wants-audit-of-wvu
Best Colleges
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/west-virginia-faculty-senate-no-confidence-president/
Public Seminar, “Past Present” podcast
https://publicseminar.org/2023/08/west-virginia-university-and-the-attack-on-american-universities/
WV MetroNews, A “Talkline” segment with President Gordon Gee starts at the beginning of the show.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-tuesday-september-12-2023
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/gee-responds-to-questions-at-faculty-senate-meeting/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/gee-claims-academic-transformation-is-misrepresented/article_512dbdb6-51ad-11ee-9eb7-0f0f7c0b5231.html
WAJR-AM
https://wajr.com/monongalia-marion-county-democrat-delegates-call-for-special-session-to-help-wvu/
Times West Virginian
https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/regions-democrats-call-on-governor-to-have-special-session-about-wvu-budget-shortfall/article_b27239d4-51b8-11ee-8c1f-075e026bb4ee.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/data-show-wvu-an-outlier-among-peer-schools-in-declining-enrollment/article_30f81075-d9cf-5678-9070-7d99bfc07905.html
WV MetroNews, Opinion
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/13/wvu-is-right-to-rightsize/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-wvus-and-gees-preferred-narrative-irrelevant/article_4c92cbde-e19d-5048-9d31-0ba7c404a3b8.html
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/12/local-delegates-call-special-session-wvus-45m-budget-deficit/
The Pie News
https://thepienews.com/news/west-virginia-outcry-language-cuts/
Academe Blog, Opinion
https://academeblog.org/2023/09/11/is-there-still-time-for-wvu/
West Virginia Watch, Opinion
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/13/clearing-up-the-wvu-misinformation/
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/09/wvu-releases-open-letter-ahead-of-final-recommendations-on-program-faculty-cuts/
The (Marshall) Parthenon
https://marshallparthenon.com/31884/campus-life/marshall-students-rally-against-wvu-budget-cuts/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/13/chatham-university-campus-cuts-deficit/stories/202309120109
WV MetroNews, A “Talkline” segment with Rob Alsop starts at 21:10. A segment with Monongalia County Delegate John Williams at 51:05.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-wednesday-september-13-2023_1
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/gov-jim-justice-opposes-using-surplus-funding-for-wvu-bailout-gordon-gee-west-virginia-university-programming-higher-education-monongalia-marion-board-of-governors
Dissent Magazine
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/students-of-the-strikes/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/13/ahead-of-vote-on-academic-cuts-governor-says-wvu-needs-to-get-its-house-in-order/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/justice-calls-wvu-curriculum-bloated-rejects-state-bailout/
WOWK-TV
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/talks-of-special-session-on-west-virginia-university-finances-continue/
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/13/special-session-call-unlikely-to-come-from-justice-for-wvu-financial-crisis/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/13/gov-justice-squelches-local-delegates-request-for-special-session-to-fund-wvu-budget-shortfall/
The Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/13/universities-cut-spending-costs-rise-enrollments-f/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/justice-says-wvu-needs-time-to-get-house-in-order/article_bc66db21-1e68-5287-a61e-66b3c0fcff15.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/willis-miller-jones-wvu-is-not-in-financial-crisis-opinion/article_1b3432df-69c3-5832-88fe-3d18a5f9b452.html
World Socialist Web Site
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/14/tjke-s14.html
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/justice-says-he-is-not-ready-to-bail-out-wvu/article_fd207c54-5260-11ee-94af-0f55d693d0ee.html
The Warren Record, Opinion
https://www.warrenrecord.com/opinion/article_85d7cdea-525c-11ee-b70e-e79536e07efc.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/14/wvu-students-program-cuts-funding/stories/202309130115?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-local&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/14/here-are-the-wvu-academic-programs-up-for-elimination-this-week/
Mountain State Spotlight
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/09/14/wvu-budget-cuts-hollow-departments/
Maryland Matters, Opinion
https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/09/14/commentary-language-education-is-fundamental-to-economic-cultural-vibrancy/
Pittsburgh Business Times
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2023/09/chatham-university-reorganization-budget-deficit.html
WV MetroNews, A “Talkline” segment with Lisa DiBartolomeo starts at 22:00
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-thursday-september-14-2023
WTAE-TV
https://www.wtae.com/article/chatham-university-deficit/45140614
The Wall Street Journal, “The Journal” podcast
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/the-journal/z3hlbgvv/a-university-spent-lavishly-to-attract
The Wall Street Journal, Opinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/west-virginia-budget-cuts-are-a-taste-of-higher-eds-future-demographic-decline-enrollment-gee-6da3e0e1
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/14/gov-justice-declines-request-give-wvu-45m/
Lootpress
https://www.lootpress.com/wvu-president-gordon-gee-cancels-scheduled-legislative-appearance-citing-personal-matter/
Inside Higher Ed, Opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2023/09/15/change-coming-higher-ed-who-will-lead-it
Bloomberg, Opinion
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-15/profligate-public-universities-need-to-tighten-their-belts
Times West Virginian, Opinion
https://www.timeswv.com/opinion/editorials/cheers-and-jeers/article_53a40802-540f-11ee-87ea-4bf1e04ae577.html
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News Register, Opinion
https://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/local-columns/2023/09/gee-wvu-tackling-tough-budget-issues-head-on/
The Daily Athenaeum, Opinion
https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-student-voices-concerns-over-proposed-program-discontinuations/article_7fdbab0a-4064-11ee-9507-1fb2556f4eb0.html
The (UNC) Mirror
http://www.uncmirror.com/news/2023/09/16/solidarity-protests-for-west-virginia-university-touches-down-at-unc/
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/16/sept-17-letters-to-the-editor/
BOG Letter
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/west-virginia-university-is-the-same-university-you-know-and-love-wvu-releases-letter-to-the-people-ahead-of-program-cuts-vote/
WV News, State Journal
https://www.wvnews.com/statejournal/opinion/an-open-letter-from-wvu-to-the-people-of-west-virginia/article_2717d146-519f-11ee-b64b-df14a7620ac7.html
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/12/wvu-senior-leadership-responds-to-transformation-criticisms-days-ahead-of-bog-vote/
Sept. 11, 2023
The University’s Board of Governors will vote this week on final recommendations for program reductions or discontinuations as part of the Academic Transformation portfolio review process, one component of ongoing University-wide Transformation efforts.
WV News, Opinion
https://www.wvnews.com/theet/opinion/columns/moving-past-1862-the-evolving-role-of-wvu-a-land-grant-r1-institution/article_6b95a370-500f-11ee-b7af-6bbb4dd34c84.html
The above editorial was distributed via the West Virginia Press Association.
https://wvpress.org/wvpa-sharing/opinion-moving-past-1862-the-evolving-role-of-the-land-grant-r1-institution/
NPR, “Here and Now:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1196977060/here-now-anytime-draft-09-06-2023
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
https://www.diverseeducation.com/leadership-policy/article/15546339/as-wvu-struggles-pols-project-hope-but-offer-little-help
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/landscape-architecture-saved-public-administration-still-filed-for-elimination/article_3e8aa308-4c04-11ee-acf1-4f3c806d2655.html
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/05/wvu-completes-appeals-process-of-announced-academic-program-changes/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-plans-to-keep-5-additional-programs-after-appeals/
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/05/more-graduate-programs-at-wvu-face-closure-as-faculty-appeals-wrap-up/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-finalizes-recommendations-for-faculty-program-cuts/article_780d56fa-4c01-11ee-b1e0-cb7a8c4b2c18.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-releases-final-adjustments-to-cuts/
TribLive
https://triblive.com/local/regional/wvu-cuts-come-into-focus-as-no-confidence-vote-for-president-e-gordon-gee-is-set-for-wednesday/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/education/fairmont-state-invites-wvu-foreign-language-students-amid-program-cuts/
Lootpress
https://www.lootpress.com/fairmont-state-issues-statement-on-wvu-foreign-language-program-cuts/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/regan-quinn-the-systematic-shearing-of-higher-education-opinion/article_d300d4d8-c395-525a-8d7c-84f95f477c42.html
West Virginia Record, Opinion
https://wvrecord.com/stories/649537802-wvu-gee-making-right-changes-to-move-ahead
WV News, Opinion
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wv-senate-president-wvu-gee-making-right-changes-to-move-ahead/article_e5ce2dd2-4ce1-11ee-8a30-9358e1cc49f6.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/06/wvu-releases-last-set-of-final-recommendations-for-programs-under-review/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/wv-united-student-union-opposes-academic-transformation/article_8578b950-4b44-11ee-a895-0bf9ae440ecb.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1f6Hxc0OALfl29QTgVVSpn3i5fYH977wC31f98Meu6pOdP3442ITPAvuM
The Red & Black, Opinion
https://www.redandblack.com/opinion/guest-column-what-does-it-mean-when-world-languages-and-literature-departments-are-on-the/article_4a096d0e-4cae-11ee-93db-f35bf2ebe11b.html
Boston Review, Opinion
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/an-open-letter-from-faculty-at-west-virginia-university/
TribLive, Opinion
https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-why-language-programs-are-important/
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/marshall-to-host-rally-against-program-cuts-in-solidarity-with-wvu/article_6ebea50d-8ad5-53fa-8fa1-c89b8c740d34.html
In These Times
https://inthesetimes.com/article/wvu-layoffs-campus-worker-protests
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/marshall-to-host-rally-against-program-cuts-in-solidarity-with-wvu/article_6ebea50d-8ad5-53fa-8fa1-c89b8c740d34.html
First Things, Opinion
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/09/the-cost-of-defeating-identity-politics
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/wvu-marshall-communities-come-together-for-solidarity-rally-on-marshall-campus/article_c4839c88-70b6-5f79-a55b-6e5febe29f1f.html
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/multimedia/photos-marshall-students-rally-in-response-to-proposed-wvu-program-cuts/collection_8f24dcd1-b755-565a-96f2-803267729890.html
News-Topic, Opinion
https://www.newstopicnews.com/opinion/columnists/you-decide-is-higher-education-facing-a-reset/article_948a853d-ba1d-59b4-8c47-d7f28dea8051.html
The Morning Call
https://www.mcall.com/2023/09/09/your-view-university-tuition-costs/
Cumberland Times-News, Opinion
https://www.times-news.com/news/tom-striplin-is-a-liberal-arts-degree-in-jeopardy/article_424de316-4690-11ee-ab0c-2f6ba91e86e0.html
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register, Opinion
https://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/09/legislature-should-fund-wvu/
The Citizens Voice, Opinion
https://www.citizensvoice.com/opinion/columnists/runaway-public-university-spending-costing-students-taxpayers-and-private-schools/article_d96f62a5-bc07-5015-83f4-7e6de77f5324.html
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch, Opinion
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/editorial-wv-higher-ed-future-should-be-an-election-issue/article_26f6a298-b131-5a19-9b50-be49702665e6.html
Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/college-tuition-costs-too-much-make-degrees-matter-less-jobs-2023-9
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/betty-rivard-what-to-do-about-wvu-opinion/article_82d7c127-a52f-5890-bc91-0fc370887b37.html
The Dominion Post, Letter to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/09/sept-10-letters-to-the-editor/
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/08/legislators-to-meet-sunday-for-interims-gee-will-discuss-wvu-cuts-state-funding-formula/
Alumni Protest
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/06/wvu-alumni-hosting-rally-support-faculty-students-calling-gees-removal/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/05/wvu-faculty-alumni-protest-academic-transformation-process-with-no-confidence-vote-rally/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/10/wvu-alumni-former-faculty-hold-rally-support-recent-resolutions/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-alumni-rally-in-support-of-recently-passed-resolutions/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-alumni-rally-against-cuts-pledge-to-stop-giving/
Times West Virginian
https://www.timeswv.com/news/monday_news/west-virginia-university-alumni-target-where-gee-cares-most-pocketbook/article_b55ce8ba-4f56-11ee-87b2-af20ae16cf70.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/were-done-giving-alumni-protest-academic-transformation/article_5d9e0700-5003-11ee-98f3-f76aabeaad21.html
University Assembly Vote
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/06/wvu-faculty-assembly-set-vote-gee-no-confidence-resolution/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wvu-faculty-assembly-takes-up-no-confidence-vote-against-president-gee-amid-program-cuts-and/article_ca273237-021c-5ac8-9975-e9a5a8f7132c.html
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/06/wvu-faculty-assembly-set-to-vote-today-on-no-confidence-resolution-involving-president-gordon-gee/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-faculty-votes-no-confidence-in-president-gordon-gee/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-faculty-senate-votes-to-freeze-academic-transformation/
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/09/wvu-faculty-overwhelming-votes-for-no-confidence-resolution-against-gee/
WSAZ-TV
https://www.wsaz.com/2023/09/06/resolution-no-confidence-approved-leadership-wvu-president/
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-faculty-overwhelmingly-approve-no-confidence-resolution-involving-gee
KDKA-TV
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video/wvu-meeting-to-discuss-no-confidence-vote/
KDKA-TV
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/wvu-students-faculty-president-e-gordon-gee-symbolic-no-confidence-vote/
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-university-president-no-confidence-faculty-7aee0c0087e2295e6603d2a34f54c500
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-gee-s-leadership-to-freeze-academic-transformation/article_c28a6fe4-4ce0-11ee-8415-07a42c79383a.html
WVNS-TV
https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/wvu-board-of-governors-issues-statement-on-gee-vote-of-no-confidence/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-faculty-approves-resolution-of-no-confidence-in-gee/article_61fad1cf-4ccb-53d5-8f0c-3026df0a30f7.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/06/wvu-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-gee-call-for-academic-transformation-freeze-during-university-assembly/
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/09/06/west-virginia-university-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-president-gee/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/09/06/wvu-faculty-no-confidence-vote-president-gordon-gee/stories/202309060134
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/wvu-gordon-gee-no-confidence/692933/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-faculty-senate-votes-to-freeze-academic-transformation/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/shared-governance/2023/09/07/wvu-faculty-overwhelmingly-votes-no-confidence-gee
WDVM-TV
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/west-virginia/anxiety-in-west-virginia-higher-education-not-hitting-states-eastern-panhandle/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-gee-freeze-academic-transformation-process/
WOAY-TV
https://woay.com/wvu-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-president-gee/
The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/article/west-virginia-u-s-faculty-votes-no-confidence-in-gordon-gee
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/09/06/facing-program-cuts-and-layoffs-wvu-faculty-overwhelmingly-pass-no-confidence-vote-in-gee/
WV MetroNews, Opinion
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/07/wvu-faculty-no-confidence-on-gee-vote-ignores-fiscal-realities/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/06/students-react-to-gee-no-confidence-vote-promise-more-events-as-bog-vote-nears/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/06/faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-president-gee/
Pittsburgh Business News
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2023/09/07/wvu-faculty-senate-vote-no-confidence-gordon-gee.html
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/west-virginia-troops-back-from-southern-border-assignment/article_acabb3f6-4ce3-11ee-b0b8-8f2740f9fef3.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/student-rally-urges-sga-to-take-action/article_1e2d01b0-4da2-11ee-903e-bb5349dff333.html
University Business
https://universitybusiness.com/west-virginia-university-faculty-express-symbolic-no-confidence-in-president-e-gordon-gee/
WAJR Radio
https://wajr.com/state-government-leaders-react-to-gee-no-confidence-vote/
World Socialist Website
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/08/feod-s08.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-gee-wvu-board-ignore-discontent-at-own-peril/article_1d403907-105b-5d19-ba25-f2c2b3207e7b.html
Times Higher Education
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/west-virginia-president-loses-no-confidence-vote-amid-cutbacks
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/07/state-government-leaders-react-to-gee-no-confidence-vote/
Higher Ed Dive, By the Numbers
https://www.highereddive.com/news/week-in-numbers-webster-university-gordon-gee/693064/
The (Martinsburg) Journal, Opinion
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/stand-with-gee/article_be40858c-744a-50a9-9924-9171260bf813.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Week”
https://wvpublic.org/looking-at-wvu-flooding-and-supernovas-this-west-virginia-week/
Create West Virginia
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/wvu-alumni-meet-with-create-west-virginia-to-share/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/06/wvu-alumni-offer-ideas-for-wvus-future-during-meeting-hosted-by-create-west-virginia/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/07/alumni-comment-on-wvu-budget-cuts-at-create-wv-forum-in-morgantown/
Sept. 5, 2023
The appeals process is now complete for the programs recommended for reductions or discontinuation as part of the Academic Portfolio Review process, one component of ongoing University-wide Transformation efforts.
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-university-budget-cuts-languages-6ec04243d01e0c509b7979fb8904a4fd
Cardinal News, Opinion
https://cardinalnews.org/2023/09/05/what-the-fiscal-crisis-at-west-virginia-university-means-for-virginia-schools-and-what-it-doesnt/
Public News Service
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-09-05/education/residents-voice-input-on-west-virginia-universitys-future/a86097-1
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/betty-rivard-mixed-messages-on-value-of-arts-and-education-opinion/article_c97904ed-7bc4-59a9-995b-ca4e60bd8749.html
The Herald-Mail, Opinion
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/09/03/e-gorden-gees-proposed-cuts-at-wvu-a-chance-at-fixing-college-costs/70726849007/
The (Beckley) Register-Herald, Letter to the Editor
https://www.register-herald.com/opinion/proposed-budget-cutback-ramifications-west-virginia-university/article_07db9346-4383-11ee-8915-0ba34e245745.html
Forbes, Opinion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrosowsky/2023/08/28/when-this-president-speaks-the-gee-wiz-of-higher-ed/?sh=41ac49784169
Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/will-wvus-draconian-cuts-become-a-blueprint-for-austerity-across-higher-ed/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-students-may-no-longer-qualify-for-academic-honors-society/
TribLive
https://triblive.com/local/regional/betting-that-he-is-right-west-virginia-universitys-e-gordon-gee-is-determined-to-make-cuts-despite-growing-dissent-and-potential-no-confidence-vote/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/columnists/tom-crouser-blame-abounds-but-cuts-at-wvu-necessary-opinion/article_e23cf8dd-9dbd-5db1-b851-24d105e62c1a.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Op-Ed
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-the-latest-salvo-in-the-anti-education-movement/article_e48f597b-3dd9-57b7-b1b6-012aef696ae7.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/create-west-virginia-hosts-meetings-on-wvus-future/article_3050e5c7-4eff-593f-b338-29a46b1f020b.html
Campus Reform
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=23851
Salon
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/29/can-we-untangle-our-humanity-from-the-artificial-intelligence-ouroboros/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/08/29/confronting-hard-truths-about-higher-education
"Past Present" podcast
https://pastpresent.libsyn.com/episode-389-west-virginia-university-and-the-attack-on-american-universities
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/29/energy-company-continues-support-of-wvu/
Ordinary Times, Opinion
https://ordinary-times.com/2023/08/29/the-maleficent-gordon-gee-and-his-malfunctioning-money-machine/
Marcellus Drilling News
https://marcellusdrilling.com/2023/08/wvu-cutting-budget-plans-to-trim-petroleum-natgas-engr-program/
WAJR Radio
https://wajr.com/oliverio-sees-a-bright-future-for-wvu-after-transformation/
Cryptopolitan
https://www.cryptopolitan.com/ntangle-our-humanity-from-the-ai-ouroboros/
Hot Air
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/08/29/almost-heaven-woke-west-virginia-university-n574595
The Dominion Post, Aug. 30 Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/29/aug-27-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation-3/
The Dominion Post, Opinion
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/29/tarr-would-let-wvu-flounder-so-he-can-own-the-libs/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/29/wvu-alumni-and-stakeholders-share-thoughts-on-recent-proposals-vision-for-schools-future/
The Daily Athenaeum, Opinion
https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-to-the-editor-former-administrator-calls-for-accountability-from-wvu-leaders/article_65804fc8-45e5-11ee-9344-a77390b6dc3f.html
The American Conservative, Opinion
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/learning-from-wvu/
Marshall Parthenon
https://marshallparthenon.com/31798/campus-life/smith-sticks-to-marshall-for-all-amid-wvu-layoffs/
The Baffler, Opinion
https://thebaffler.com/latest/capture-the-flagship-hogan
WOWK-TV
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/i-could-use-about-45-million-gee-jokes-about-growing-budget-shortfall/
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/08/programming-cuts-seen-as-bad-for-wvu-states-future/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/john-palmer-5-takeaways-from-the-turmoil-at-wvu-opinion/article_c6610205-df58-5919-96ed-bd0ec927c375.html
Chicago Sun-Times, Opinion
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/8/31/23853155/west-virginia-university-foreign-language-majors-lay-offs-gene-lyons
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-problems-at-wvu-were-caused-by-republicans/article_22e497d5-624a-5e67-a9c2-45fd5cee200d.html
The Dominion Post, Sept. 1 Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/31/sept-1-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
WV News, State Journal, Opinion
https://www.wvnews.com/statejournal/opinion/making-the-necessary-changes/article_61847722-483e-11ee-a4ac-cb3a852d7df5.html
Wally Boston, Opinion
https://wallyboston.com/language-majors-the-devils-in-the-details/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/students-express-concerns-to-admin-at-sga-town-hall/article_ce81440a-48e7-11ee-9abd-13cd22738554.html
Voice of America
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/west-virginia-university-to-cut-languages-creative-programs/7249320.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Week” podcast
https://wvpublic.org/introducing-the-west-virginia-week-podcast/
Times West Virginian
https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/wvus-math-department-cuts-could-cause-collateral-damage/article_52db1406-46a9-11ee-b551-8b709285cfd4.html
Mountain State Spotlight
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/09/02/wvu-students-react-budget-cut/
The (Martinsburg) Journal
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/wvu-alumni-and-stakeholders-gather-to-discuss-universitys-future-amidst-budget-crisis/article_f6bbaa2b-6052-57c8-8b16-26989caf4a50.html
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/01/sept-2-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/09/02/sept-3-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
WV News, State Journal
https://www.wvnews.com/statejournal/news/west-virginia-university-moves-forward-with-academic-transformation/article_f2285612-4745-11ee-a0b0-37924fc15914.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/31/gee-describes-higher-education-crisis-and-wvu-transformation-at-chamber-of-commerce-conference/
World Socialist Website, Opinion
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/04/jvue-s04.html
Faculty Senate Meeting, Gee Vote
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/28/wvu-faculty-senate-receives-petition-for-a-gee-no-confidence-vote-and-transformation-halt/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-universitys-gee-reaffirms-academic-transformation-process-following-faculty-senate-meeting/article_9ad8c2a6-45f2-11ee-9689-c3346cfa6507.html
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/08/29/wvu-faculty-consider-voting-no-confidence-gee
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-faculty-assembly-to-hold-no-confidence-vote-for-gee-freeze-of-academic-transformation/
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/08/29/west-virginia-university-faculty-petition-for-no-confidence-vote-in-gee/?sh=ef3d8df47e69
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/petition-filed-for-gordon-gee-no-confidence-vote-amid-campus-frustration-at-wvu
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/admin-hint-to-more-cuts-faculty-to-hold-assembly-for-gee-no-confidence-vote/article_df8e07da-466f-11ee-9c20-63d9fffe0bba.html
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/29/wvu-faculty-senate-receives-petition-calling-gee-no-confidence-vote/
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/08/wvus-gee-facing-second-no-confidence-vote/
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15546009/wvu-faculty-to-vote-on-no-confidence-resolution-for-gee
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-faculty-senate-receives-petition-calling-for-vote-of-no-confidence-in-gee/article_2daf9168-4416-54d0-a22c-ebb7cca0c597.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/president-gee-faces-vote-of-no-confidence-next-week/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Op-Ed
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-what-would-no-confidence-vote-mean-for-wvus-gee/article_f562ea2a-fa49-54ce-b2dc-32995ec4e6a4.html
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/31/university-assembly-announces-special-meeting-gee-no-confidence-vote/
Program Final Recommendations One
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/wvu-finalizes-recommendation-to-axe-department-of-world-languages/article_a460df26-46a0-11ee-b6fc-a390d168a089.html
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/29/initial-wvu-program-appeal-results-announced/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-changes-recommendation-for-foreign-language-department-after-appeal/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/29/wvu-announces-majors-eliminated-programs-discontinued-among-final-recommendations/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-provosts-office-announces-final-recommendations-for-4-academic-program-cuts/article_124a8c82-469a-11ee-9884-b7dbf7104775.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-announces-final-recommendations-following-first-program-appeals-hearings/article_f65b1829-1bdb-593c-a3a3-8376d3b704e3.html
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/briefs/wvu-announces-final-recommendations-from-first-four-appeals-hearings/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/08/29/wvu-language-department-president-gordon-gee/stories/202308290124
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/west-virginia-university-no-longer-plans-to-completely-eliminate-world-lang/692217/
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/west-virginia-university-cuts-foreign-languages/
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-university-languages-budget-cuts-c9bb8b9002f0a0815e04b00df1dd5255
TribLive
https://triblive.com/local/regional/west-virginia-university-would-end-world-language-majors-continue-spanish-chinese-instruction/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/29/wvu-provost-issues-final-recommendations-for-four-programs-language-programs-cut-but-2-languages-still-to-be-taught/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-adjusts-cuts-to-world-languages/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/08/30/wvu-idea-no-language-degrees-just-chinese-spanish-courses
Axios
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/30/west-virginia-university-foreign-language-classes
"Axios Today" podcast
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/30/wvu-language-cuts
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/08/30/west-virginia-university-to-retain-only-chinese-and-spanish-language-instruction/
The Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/30/west-virginia-university-slashing-foreign-language/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/institutions/research-universities/2023/08/31/wvu-r-1-flagshipwithout-language-degrees-or-math
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/30/faculty-respond-to-wvus-final-recommendation-on-world-languages/
WV MetroNews “Talkline,” A segment with Lisa DiBartolomeo starts at the beginning of the show.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-wednesday-august-30-2023
Program Final Recommendations Two
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/several-wvu-program-cuts-overturned-after-appeal/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/current-math-phd-to-be-subtracted-art-history-acting-saved-in-second-round-of-appeals/article_e5e6bfd6-4837-11ee-a51d-7b7c836163cc.html
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-announces-new-final-recommendations-for-seven-programs
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/08/31/facing-wvu-program-cuts-more-faculty-appeals-see-mixed-results/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/31/wvu-releases-results-from-the-latest-round-of-appeals/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/09/01/wvu-proposes-nixing-math-grad-degrees-floats-replacements
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/09/01/wvu-announces-results-second-round-appeals/
Program Final Recommendations Three
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/09/wvu-provosts-office-offers-five-additional-final-recommendations/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-announces-additional-appeal-hearing-results-for-proposed-program-faculty-cuts/article_d78ee720-490d-11ee-b7cb-ab23262edb5b.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/creative-writing-special-ed-saved-others-still-urged-for-cuts-in-third-round-of-final/article_b209839c-4904-11ee-8486-0f667089c0b4.html
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/business/2023/09/pennsylvania-mining-firm-asks-west-virginia-officials-to-oppose-wvu-program-merger/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/education/wvu-releases-5-more-final-recommendations-following-appeals/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/09/01/wvu-releases-third-set-of-appeal-decision-to-preliminary-transformation-recommendations/
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-releases-third-set-of-final-recommendations-calling-for-program-changes
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/briefs/wvu-announces-third-round-of-final-recommendations-for-program-faculty-cuts/
Aug. 28, 2023
Appeal hearings continue through this week, the next steps for programs identified for reductions or discontinuation under the Academic Portfolio Review as part of University-wide Transformation efforts. Members of the University community have participated in protests against the proposed recommendations.
Appeals Process
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/program-cut-appeals-process-under-way-at-wvu/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/admin-say-programs-could-face-more-cuts-after-appeal/article_fd87749c-42c3-11ee-93fc-eb391bf4d445.html
BOG Meeting
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/cuts-to-wvu-administrative-unit-announced-amid-transformation/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/08/22/wvu-controvery-cuts-changes-administrative-programs/stories/202308220119
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/22/wvu-bog-gets-transformation-update-hears-student-protests/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/22/wvu-announces-next-reorganization-target-sets-timeline-for-keyser-beckley-and-wvu-extension-review/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/22/wvu-announces-cuts-administrative-unit-amid-transformation/
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
https://triblive.com/local/regional/the-day-after-protest-west-virginia-university-announces-1-administrators-retirement-human-resources-restructuring/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/ax-falls-again-at-wvu-administrative-leadership-jettisoned/article_838eeed8-4122-11ee-94d5-97c3812e2fed.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/bog-hears-student-alum-concerns-next-steps-for-admin-units/article_0e925f90-41ca-11ee-bf5e-7f9680826368.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-governors-hear-public-comment-receive-updates-on-proposed-cuts/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/nursing-workforce-challenges-and-us-them-explores-americas-transgender-athlete-laws-on-this-west-virginia-morning/
West Virginia Daily News
https://wvdn.com/128388/
Transformation Follow-ups
The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/west-virginia-university-banked-on-growth-it-backfired-16997d61?mod=hp_lead_pos10
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/22/morgantown-landscape-architect-calls-for-pause-preservation-of-the-program-at-wvu/
The Week
https://theweek.com/education/1025945/west-virginia-university-liberal-arts-cuts
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Op-Ed
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-funding-wvu-academics-should-outweigh-funding-for-football/article_f452f286-5a98-5210-bb95-a9a9c54a369e.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Op-Ed
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-wvu-state-leaders-must-not-allow-foreign-language-to-die-at-the-school/article_55fbae30-6566-5e20-9515-c1e933e1dd42.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/andrea-rupp-students-deserve-better-from-wvu-opinion/article_a8d43110-8665-54d2-8939-ac9a354c73bd.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-gee-could-have-done-more-to-avoid-cuts-at-wvu/article_eb61730b-c0e3-5ae9-8daf-969f2fd47b2b.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/john-bolt-will-we-still-be-able-to-sing-of-wvus-honor-opinion/article_dceea9b5-6c75-5d5d-b2d8-e86c8b7beb5e.html
Current, Opinion
https://currentpub.com/2023/08/22/killing-the-humanities-at-wvu-deja-vu-all-over-again/
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/petition-emerges-to-save-dickinson-state-arts-programs-amid-1m-deficit/691565/
World Socialist Website, Opinion
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/08/23/xini-a23.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/08/23/major-puppetry-wvu-students-arts-budget/stories/202308230005?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-local&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter
The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/daily-briefing/2023-08-22
TribLive, Opinion
https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-wvu-walkout-has-lessons-for-pennsylvania-colleges-leaders/
The Real News Network
https://therealnews.com/this-public-university-just-announced-massive-layoffs-is-all-higher-ed-at-risk
The Real News Network, “Working People” podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waenXItDwHY
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Latitudes
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/latitudes/2023-08-23
The Washington Post, Opinion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/23/west-virginia-university-budget-cuts-humanities/
The Washington Post, Op-Ed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/23/west-virginia-university-education-cuts/
Belt Magazine, Opinion
https://beltmag.com/the-cost-of-loss-at-wvu/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/morgantowns-123-pleasant-street-hosting-community-rally-against-wvu-program-cuts/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/23/123-pleasant-street-hosts-save-our-u-concert/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Op-Ed
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/rafe-godfrey-gordon-gee-genius-savior-or-con-man-opinion/article_7781d820-bc1a-565c-a4ad-c163f9980310.html
City Journal, Opinion
https://www.city-journal.org/article/west-virginia-universitys-crisis-is-just-the-beginning
KPFA, “Behind the News” podcast
https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-august-24-2023/
Morgantown magazine
https://morgantownmag.com/morgantown-rallies-for-wvu/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/nikhil-sathe-cutting-languages-at-wvu-a-bad-move-opinion/article_18822f35-c2bd-5c81-b2a9-643c7fc4ac8b.html
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
https://triblive.com/local/regional/with-program-cuts-the-vibe-has-changed-for-e-gordon-gee-west-virginia-universitys-suddenly-embattled-president/
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/24/aug-27-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation-2/
Inside Higher Ed, Op-Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2023/08/24/higher-education-has-been-given-over-consultants
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-celebration-at-mu-a-stark-contrast-to-protests-at-wvu/article_536b513f-3957-5dd2-8db9-6132a6d6dc56.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Letter to the Editor
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-ed-ketz/article_da46f1d5-f881-5239-bbc7-35ac18d45fb8.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Opinion
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-columns/2023/08/25/ann-m-eisenberg-wvu-speech-university/stories/202308250025?cid=search
New York Magazine
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/what-is-a-university-without-liberal-arts.html
The Tyee, Opinion
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/25/Climate-Crisis-Degrow-Higher-Ed/
The Washington Post, “The Daily 202”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/25/new-love-old-houses-wvu-cuts-more-your-weekly-non-beltway-political-stories/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/gee-speaks-on-the-budget-deficit-academic-transformation-and-huggins/article_5600875c-4059-11ee-81d2-dffc69b12c86.html
WOWK-TV
https://www.wowktv.com/a-closer-look/universities-working-to-adapt-amid-decreased-enrollment-evolving-student-expectations-and-other-challenges/
Los Angeles Times, Opinion
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-08-22/the-right-wing-campaign-to-make-our-kids-dumber-is-moving-ahead-at-full-speed
The Point Magazine
https://thepointmag.com/forms-of-life/zeroed-out/
The Observer-Reporter
https://observer-reporter.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-students-faculty-pay-the-price-for-miscalculations-at-wvu/article_980af210-4296-11ee-a913-07150b0a86bb.html
Mountain Messenger
https://mountainmessenger.com/wv-nursery-and-landscape-association-registers-strong-disapproval-of-wvus-proposed-cutbacks-to-landscape-architecture-program/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/betty-rivard-we-are-all-mountaineers-opinion/article_797e979c-2356-590c-99f1-23d3d0de0d44.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/columnists/phil_kabler/statehouse-beat-chickens-coming-home-to-roost-for-gop-in-wv/article_9eb3ecff-6162-5368-bb61-cdac9348062c.html
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Opinion
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2023/08/26/alderson-broaddus-wvu-world-languages/stories/202308250004
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/25/aug-26-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
Times West Virginian, Opinion
https://www.timeswv.com/opinion/editorials/cheers-and-jeers/article_af4fb87e-436e-11ee-8af8-cb31719c707d.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letter to Editor
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2023/08/27/learn-a-language/stories/202308270084
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/26/aug-27-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/26/aug-27-letters-to-the-editor/
The Dominion Post, Editorial
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/26/forgotten-value-of-liberal-arts/
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Opinion
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2023/08/reporters-notebook-end-of-august-potpourri/
The College Fix
https://www.thecollegefix.com/wvu-requires-faculty-encourage-change-for-the-greater-good-sparking-free-speech-concerns/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “Inside Appalachia”
https://wvpublic.org/flat-five-studio-old-growth-forests-and-trouble-at-wvu-inside-appalachia/
Public Protests
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-university-student-walkout-education-cuts-c17cd1c7118b6b3740fb4b8d40f14f56
The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www-chronicle-com.wvu.idm.oclc.org/article/at-west-virginia-u-students-protest-cuts-tell-gordon-gee-to-go
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2023/08/22/hundreds-students-protest-wvus-proposed-program-and-faculty?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=334e9daf25-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-334e9daf25-236840990&mc_cid=334e9daf25&mc_eid=b624c3bfa9
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
https://triblive.com/local/regional/west-virginia-university-students-plan-walkout-to-protest-cuts-in-academic-programs/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/08/21/students-protest-program-faculty-cuts-west-virginia-university/stories/202308220010
KDKA-TV
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/west-virginia-university-protest-planned-program-faculty-cuts/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/student-protests-at-west-virginia-university-following-world-language-program-other-cuts/article_3144ee4e-404a-11ee-9312-93d4ae682bdb.html
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/photos-wvu-students-walk-out-over-proposed-program-cuts/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-students-and-staff-explain-why-they-walked-out/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/21/students-demands-made-clear-during-walk-out/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/students-faculty-walk-out-in-response-to-proposed-program-cuts/article_3fdf1c16-4079-11ee-9311-ff329d00006d.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/gallery-students-walk-out-on-downtown-campus/collection_cbb8b680-406e-11ee-9738-832dcfbda751.html
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/gallery-students-walk-out-on-evansdale-campus/collection_bcebdd5c-407e-11ee-bd38-e7bc2ea1362e.html
WPXI-TV
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/wvu-students-protest-proposed-program-faculty-cuts/RV4OGQ76W5AIVNUU7SXFLH5XVY/
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/08/21/wvu-students-protest-looming-cuts-to-32-academic-programs/
West Virginia Watch, Opinion
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/08/22/wvu-troubles-not-surprising-with-gees-history-of-lavish-spending/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-students-call-for-gees-ouster-during-protests-monday-over-proposed-cut/article_4349b2a6-b8e0-570a-acf6-c41d0584aa45.html
Morgantown magazine
https://morgantownmag.com/students-speak-out-at-wvu/
WCBC Radio
https://www.wcbcradio.com/?news=wvu-students-protest-proposed-cuts
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-students-protest-proposed-program-cuts/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/documentary-explores-slogan-evolution-and-wvu-students-protest-proposed-cuts-this-west-virginia-morning/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/21/about-200-attend-wvu-cut-protest-at-the-mountainlair/
The Herald-Star, Opinion
https://www.heraldstaronline.com/opinion/editorials/2023/08/wvu-facing-some-very-big-questions/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/22/students-hold-walkout-wvu-amid-budget-cuts/
Times West Virginian, Opinion
https://www.timeswv.com/sports/wvu_mountaineers/column-wvus-dual-crossroads/article_6e66e42c-4111-11ee-ba92-f36545933cd0.html
The Dominion Post, Opinion
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/22/wvu-walkout-a-good-start-but-it-will-take-more/
Pittsburgh News-Tribune, Opinion
https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-wvu-walkout-has-lessons-for-pennsylvania-colleges-leaders/
Morgantown magazine
https://morgantownmag.com/morgantown-rallies-for-wvu/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/students-host-concert-rally-for-programs-up-for-cut/article_5195a5e6-444e-11ee-8099-4f5b5bbc69c6.html
Weingarten Letter
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/24/national-teachers-union-leader-calls-proposed-cuts-at-wvu-draconian-and-catastrohic/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/we-believe-hyperbole-is-harmful-wvu-responds-to-teachers-union-letter/
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
https://www.diverseeducation.com/leadership-policy/article/15545735/aft-prez-sends-letter-to-wvu-board-over-proposed-cuts
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/24/leader-national-teachers-union-sends-letter-wvu-about-proposed-cuts/
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/education/national-teachers-union-issues-letter-to-wvu-board-of-governors-regarding-proposed-cuts/
Lootpress
https://www.lootpress.com/west-virginia-doesnt-need-any-guidance-from-the-aft/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/27/senate-finance-chairman-rips-into-teachers-union-criticism-of-wvu-cuts/
The West Virginia Record
https://wvrecord.com/stories/649159606-tarr-west-virginia-doesn-t-need-any-guidance-from-the-aft
Potomac State College
Mineral News and Tribune
https://www.wvnews.com/mineralnews/gilmer-potomac-state-not-in-crisis-but-facing-challenges/article_69ded458-436b-11ee-834b-d7489597c05b.html
Aug. 21, 2023
Appeal hearings begin this week for the academic programs recommended for reductions or discontinuation through the Academic Portfolio Review, one component of ongoing University-wide Transformation work.
The Washington Post
WCHS-TV
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/admin-addresses-student-parent-concerns-about-possible-program-cuts/article_b2682918-3de9-11ee-ba20-a3fffdf04f9a.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/students-react-to-proposed-wvu-cuts/
The Messenger
https://themessenger.com/news/west-virginia-university-to-cut-all-foreign-language-classes-interest-in-the-programs-is-very-low
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/west-virginia-university-budget-cuts-deficit.html
Slate, Opinion
https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/18/sen-caputo-oliverio-issue-statement-on-wvu-academic-transformation/
The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/article/scholars-see-dangerous-precedent-in-west-virginia-u-s-plan-to-cut-foreign-languages
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Opinion
https://www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/article/15544651/wvus-cuts-a-threat-to-digital-age-justice
Forbes, Opinion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2023/08/21/west-virginia-says-its-too-poor-to-support-its-only-major-university/?sh=c4f69256612e
The Dominion Post, Op-Ed
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/17/aug-18-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
Mountain Messenger, Op-Ed
https://mountainmessenger.com/wvus-foreign-language-programs-vital/
Times West Virginian
https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/west-virginia-university-math-department-cuts-met-with-shock-and-awe/article_4eaf19ac-3e09-11ee-8a29-ab11850c7445.html
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/business/2023/08/leadership-west-virginia-education-the-primary-focus-of-morgantown-session/
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch, Op-Ed
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-gee-doesnt-care-about-west-virginia/article_ecd4a744-e15e-50bf-80a0-b387492935b2.html
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register, Opinion
https://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/editorials/2023/08/finding-right-answer-at-west-virginia-university/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/18/state-is-unlikely-to-rescue-west-virginia-university-from-financial-pain/
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/wvu--faculty-involvement-academic-cuts-aaup/691307/
West Virginia Daily News
https://wvdn.com/128271/
Outside the Beltway, Opinion
https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/when-does-a-university-stop-being-a-university/
The New York Times, Opinion
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/opinion/west-virginia-university-cuts.html
Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2023/08/20/budget-cuts-like-those-at-west-virginia-have-happened-in-louisiana-could-they-happen-again/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Op-Ed
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2023/08/20/cut-administration-not-language-courses/stories/202308200109
The Dominion Post, Opinion
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/19/gee-should-ask-for-help-from-w-va-legislature/
The Dominion Post, Op-Ed
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/19/aug-20-letters-to-the-editor/
The Dominion Post, Op-Ed
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/19/aug-20-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/08/wvu-plan-a-big-step-backward/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/north-central-west-virginia-senators-comment-on-wvu-financial-situation/article_48ca0944-3ddb-11ee-a1ef-e76080207ca7.html
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/20/wvu-students-plan-dual-walkouts-monday-in-protest-of-proposed-cuts/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/columnists/phil_kabler/statehouse-beat-manchin-runs-hot-and-cold-on-inflation-reduction-act/article_d209a1a5-9399-5b57-9793-ff96e6ba7b66.html
University Business
https://universitybusiness.com/why-is-west-virginia-university-eliminating-9-of-its-academic-programs/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “West Virginia Morning”
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-faculty-senate-chair-talks-academic-cuts-budget-shortfall-on-this-west-virginia-morning/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-faculty-senate-chair-discusses-universitys-transformation-process/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/14/wvus-gee-confident-in-tough-decisions/
WV MetroNews, “Talkline,” A segment with Lisa DiBartolomeo starts at 21:50. A segment with Gordon Gee starts at 40:25.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-monday-august-14-2023
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/gordon-gee-defends-decision-to-eliminate-majors-and-faculty-positions-at-wvu/article_01273cc2-6956-57d5-bbc1-d7b986d9c81d.html
The Daily Nous
https://dailynous.com/2023/08/14/philosophy-survives-west-virginia-university-budget-cuts/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/14/wvu-provides-numbers-on-proposed-faculty-cuts-campus-community-reacts-to-plan/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/15/west-virginia-university-cutting-over-30-programs/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/proposed-wvu-cuts-would-hit-environmental-energy-and-recreation-programs-especially-hard/article_1a27d180-ea77-5ede-9cf7-011e978ae191.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-wvus-enrollment-problem-bucks-national-trends/article_5a771e67-5736-5be5-940f-8a410f841e3d.html
Economist Writing Everyday
https://economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/08/14/what-is-happening-at-west-virginia-university/
WV MetroNews, Appeals Process
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/15/wvu-academic-programs-facing-cutbacks-consider-strategies-for-appeal/
Best Colleges
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/west-virginia-university-cut-majors-faculty/
Language Magazine
https://www.languagemagazine.com/2023/08/15/wvu-announces-plan-to-dissolve-entire-department-of-world-languages-literatures-and-linguistics/
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch, Opinion
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/editorial-proposed-wvu-layoffs-raise-many-questions/article_35f442cf-138e-5e6b-8659-3a3dca8095d3.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/16/wvu-students-petition-plan-walkouts-against-proposed-cutbacks/
The Nation, Opinion
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wvu-cuts-higher-education/
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/what-am-i-supposed-to-do-suggested-program-cuts-leave-students-lost/article_bb37bb1c-3ac9-11ee-8715-fbb140b897de.html
West Virginia Watch, Opinion
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/08/16/into-nothingness-learning-a-second-language-can-give-you-a-second-identity/
WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2023/08/16/wvu-students-speak-out-about-proposed-cutbacks/
WV MetroNews “Talkline,” A segment with Lou Slimak starts at 28:45.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talkline-for-wednesday-august-16-2023
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/16/dean-of-students-says-wvu-student-body-largely-mum-on-institutional-transformation-student-organizations-next-for-review/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-the-state-surplus-should-go-toward-wvus-45m-deficit/article_aef06040-b9d1-52d6-9c07-5edb6ac828e5.html
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/wvu-student-speaks-out-on-possible-dissolution-of-foreign-language-program/
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/16/aug-17-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/16/on-first-day-of-classes-wvu-student-dean-corey-farris-talks-about-welcome-week-academic-transformation/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/16/many-students-indifferent-to-wvu-proposal-others-warn-to-be-wary-of-neutrality/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wvu-dean-of-students-despite-proposed-cuts-students-enjoying-semester-kickoff/article_ae58be6c-3ae4-11ee-9b15-9f4ec1334163.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/08/17/west-virginia-university-language-department-cuts/stories/202308160103
National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/as-the-higher-ed-bubble-deflates-one-state-faces-reality/
Martin Center
https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2023/08/smart-cuts-at-west-virginia-university/
The Fayette Tribune
https://www.fayettetribune.com/news/mountain-party-releases-statement-calls-for-gees-resignation/article_97b032c4-3d2a-11ee-b5fd-33076f7d31aa.html
The Dominion Post, Letters to the Editor
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/17/aug-18-letters-to-the-editor-wvu-academic-transformation/
NPR, “Morning Edition”
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194562328/west-virginia-universitys-45-million-budget-shortfall-to-force-cuts
New York Post, Opinion
https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/sports-world-destroying-itself-by-excusing-miscreants/
Lootpress
https://www.lootpress.com/wv-nursery-and-landscape-association-registers-strong-disapproval-of-wvus-proposed-cutbacks-to-landscape-architecture-program/
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-timing-of-wvu-cuts-as-bad-as-it-gets/article_fc8207cb-80e3-53b6-9743-7975fbc97351.html
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/joe-morris-defund-football-not-foreign-languages-opinion/article_92a0b7ab-7aa0-52d6-8d25-a16dc4c8f023.html
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/week-numbers-public-flagship-braces-heavy-cuts/691232/
Aug. 14, 2023
Friday (Aug. 18) is the deadline for chairs or faculty to file notices of their intent to appeal preliminary recommendations from the Provost’s Office for program reductions or discontinuations, part of ongoing University-wide Transformation work.
WV MetroNews, Opinion
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/14/wvu-confronts-reality/
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Opinion
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/the-review/2023-08-14
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/faculty-report-recommended-program-cuts/article_857190b8-3856-11ee-99d6-c7cfd7348dc1.html
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-releases-recommendations-for-cuts-reductions-among-nearly-a-dozen-schools
WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-nearly-three-dozen-programs-and-more-than-150-facility-members#
WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/32-majors-recommended-for-discontinuation-at-wvu/
Mountain State Spotlight
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/08/08/wvu-budget-cuts-deficit-faculty-layoffs/
WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/11/wvu-recommends-cutting-169-faculty-positions-32-majors/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2023/08/11/west-virginia-university-cuts-faculty-academic-programs-financial-concerns/stories/202308110116
The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-to-drop-32-majors-including-all-world-language-programs/article_2b3d0aae-3962-544b-b1a3-7c28cb6df3ef.html
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://wvpublic.org/wvu-announces-proposed-cuts-to-academic-programs/
The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-university-program-faculty-cuts-0b7413b678b1f95884fb60e706c17393
Higher Ed Dive
https://www.highereddive.com/news/west-virginia-university-looks-to-cut-nearly-3-dozen-academic-programs-inc/690709/
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/11/wvu-announces-preliminary-academic-transformation-recommendations-proposes-32-majors-cut-169-faculty-rifd/
WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-releases-preliminary-recommended-program-faculty-reductions/article_b1c77226-3870-11ee-b617-6bfd54ff8d2f.html
West Virginia Watch
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/08/11/my-colleagues-and-i-are-still-in-shock-32-majors-marked-for-elimination-at-wvu/
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/tenure/2023/08/11/wvu-proposes-cutting-7-flagship-campus-faculty-all-languages
The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/university-officials-release-preliminary-recommendations-for-program-cuts-faculty-reductions/article_f1fa85b0-3878-11ee-af44-f7e590c2e151.html
The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-is-west-virginia-u-making-sweeping-cuts
TribLive
https://triblive.com/local/regional/wvu-faces-dozens-of-academic-program-cuts-and-a-7-faculty-cut-under-recommendations-revealed-friday/
SB Nation, Anchor of Gold, Opinion
https://www.anchorofgold.com/2023/8/11/23829402/e-gordon-gee-is-a-disgrace
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/08/12/deep-cuts-to-faculty-and-academic-programs-recommended-at-west-virginia-university/?sh=42a5823d6321
The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch, Opinion
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/editorial-uptick-in-marshall-university-enrollment-defies-trends/article_649f55db-e6f0-51bb-b1f1-cc675c8e9993.html
The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/08/13/a-look-at-the-preliminary-recommendations-for-wvu-academic-transformation/
WV MetroNews, "Talk of the Town," with Mark Gavin
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/8-14-23-talk-of-the-town
Bacon’s Rebellion
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/virginia-state-colleges-and-universities-slouching-towards-a-cliff/