A couple of weeks ago, the president of West Virginia University, Gordon Gee, announced a set of truly draconian cuts: he’s firing 169 faculty, about 16% of the full-t...
, or nearly $100 million. So it’s pretty clear that the legislature is not supporting WVU, at least not like they did in the past., if West Virginia’s legislature had simply kept WVU’s funding flat for the past decade, WVU’s deficit right now would be far smaller, just $7.6 million rather than $45 million.I can’t help noting that WVU just renewed Gee’s contract for another year, at $800K per year. So they do seem to be able to come up with money for administrators.
The state of West Virginia has only one R1-class research university, West Virginia University, with some 25,000 students on its main campus in Morgantown. If this trend continues, the state might no longer have even one major research university. That’s too bad. And despite what WVU’s Gee and the consultants he hired might claim, this is not just about money; it’s about priorities. Currently, only five states don’t have an R1 level university: Alaska, Idaho, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming. Does West Virginia want to join that club?, with a poverty rate of 16.8%.
The way to fix this problem isn’t to eliminate the core elements of a college education, which include foreign languages. The fix is simple: the legislature should step up and say they truly support WVU, and cover its deficit without eliminating any programs. Then they should find a university president who is willing to ask for the funds that a major university needs. I’m sure they can find someone willing to do the job, maybe for even less than $800K per year.
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