https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/shared-governance/2023/09/15/despite-national-pushback-wvu-will-cut-faculty

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/institutions/research-universities/2023/08/31/wvu-r-1-flagshipwithout-language-degrees-or-math?

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-to-drop-32-majors-including-all-world-language-programs/article_2b3d0aae-3962-544b-b1a3-7c28cb6df3ef.html

The state’s flagship university has a $45 million budget deficit and administrators say layoffs are necessary. Faculty have criticized the speed and manner in which cuts are being made to tenured positions... —  read more 

With more cuts expected, West Virginia University’s governing board moved forward Friday with slashing 12 graduate and doctorate programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall and approved a just under 3 percent tuition... —  read more 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2023/06/23/distraught-west-virginia-u-faculty-push-back

"When West Virginia University took the local campus out of Montgomery five years ago, it took more from the rural town than just a college. Suddenly, 1,500 students were gone. More than 100 staff and faculty moved out. The bar and the car dealership... —  read more 

https://www.register-herald.com/news/education/university-s-projected-enrollment-decline-of-5-000-over-the-next-decade-could-require-a/article_a7bda6c8-dd5e-11ed-8f93-07c24bea4bb9.html

"For Fiscal Year 2022, WVU’s total revenue was $1.2 billion. This accounted for a loss of $50.7 million compared to Fiscal Year 2021, or a 4%... —  read more 

https://www.jkcf.org/research/state-university-no-more-out-of-state-enrollment-and-the-growing-exclusion-of-high-achieving-low-income-students-at-public-flagship-universities/

What could possibly go wrong? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/meta-funds-virtual-classrooms-at-7-universities-complete-with-vr-headsets/

"My first guess for the most vulnerable states? Missouri, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Indiana, because they are Republican controlled. " http://collegemeltdown.blogspot.com/2019/07/alaska-is-leading-college-meltdown-whos.html

Enrollment declines at the state flagship university. https://www.williamsondailynews.com/news/year-college-freshman-enrollment-drops/article_ad734f17-f8d1-50df-ba45-739cc7be5796.html