Concerned for damage to core curriculum Having been a WVU professor emeritus for 25 years, I have had abundant contact with former students. Many of them found […]
Tag: WVU academic transformation
WVU leaders field press questions following Board of Governors’ votes on program cuts
MORGANTOWN – WVU leaders sat down with members of the press Friday afternoon to field questions about the Board of Governors’ actions on Academic Transformation and what’s […]
WVU BOG’s votes on Academic Transformation greeted with chants, jeers and tears
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Board of Governors approved proposed Academic Transformation program changes on Friday amid a bombardment of chants, shouts and jeers from angry and distraught […]
West Virginia University is right to rightsize
Vox published an article a few months ago entitled, “The Incredible Shrinking Future of College.” Author Kevin Carey detailed how the declining birthrate produced an “enrollment cliff” […]
WVU BOG hears three hours of comments opposing Academic Transformation process
MORGANTOWN – The WVU Board of Governors spent three hours on Thursday listening to faculty, students and alumni who oppose the Academic Transformation process, and the proposed […]
Gov. Justice squelches local delegates’ request for special session to fund WVU budget shortfall
MORGANTOWN — Four Monongalia and Marion County delegates called on Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday to call a special session to provide some stop-gap funding for WVU’s […]
Sept. 10 letters to the editor
‘The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on’ I am the widow of a professor emeritus of the former Department of Foreign Languages at West Virginia University. […]
WVU alumni offer ideas for WVU’s future during meeting hosted by Create West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – Some WVU alumni gathered downtown – and remotely via Zoom – late Wednesday afternoon to contribute to an ongoing discussion about WVU’s future. The meeting […]
WVU faculty vote no confidence in Gee, call for Academic Transformation freeze during University Assembly
MORGANTOWN – WVU faculty voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to support resolutions expressing no confidence in President Gordon Gee and calling for a freeze on the Academic Transformation […]
WVU faculty, alumni, protest Academic Transformation process with no-confidence vote, rally
MORGANTOWN – As WVU proceeds with its Academic Transformation, faculty and alumni are planning to make their opposition known. Faculty Senate has received a petition calling for […]
