Faculty at West Virginia University have approved a symbolic motion expressing no confidence in President E.
FILE - West Virginia University students lead a protest against cuts to programs in world languages, creative writing and more amid a $45 million budget deficit outside Stewart Hall in Morgantown, W.Va., on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall. – West Virginia University faculty approved a symbolic motion on Wednesday expressing no confidence in President E.
“I must say that if I had done all of those things, I’d probably vote no confidence myself,” Gee told the faculty prior to the vote. The university’s faculty assembly also was voting on a second motion calling for WVU to freeze ongoing academic program and faculty cuts.offered on its Morgantown campus — including its entire department of world languages, literatures and linguistics, along with graduate and doctoral degrees in math, music, English and more. The Board of Governors will conduct a final vote on the cuts next week.
Gee has served two stints as WVU’s president. After taking over in 2014, his promise to increase enrollment to 40,000 students by 2020 never materialized. Instead, the student population has dropped 10% since 2015, while on-campus expansion continued.
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