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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&section=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&section=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 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/18/west-virginia-university-academic-cuts/

WCHS-TV

https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-students-plan-walkout-in-response-to-potential-program-and-faculty-cuts

The College Fix

https://www.thecollegefix.com/facing-45m-deficit-w-virginia-university-may-ax-majors-faculty-roles/

West Virginia Watch

https://westvirginiawatch.com/2023/08/21/people-are-scared-and-you-can-feel-it-wvu-students-face-an-uncertain-future-as-school-starts/

Times West Virginian

https://www.timeswv.com/news/monday_news/senators-caputo-and-oliverio-weigh-in-on-impact-of-wvus-45-financial-crisis-overhaul/article_f1062150-3f99-11ee-a19a-3fcc79e8ec46.html

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/