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• August 30, 2023 – Capture the Flagship by Denis M. Hogan: https://thebaffler.com/latest/capture-the-flagship-hogan 
• August 29, 2023 – After uproar, WVU to keep some foreign language classes, but not all by Nick Anderson: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/west-virginia-university-cuts-foreign-languages/ 
• August 29, 2023 – WVU Alumni and Stakeholders share thoughts on recent proposal’s visions for school’s future by Jarrett Lewis: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/29/wvu-alumni-and-stakeholders-share-thoughts-on-recent-proposals-vision-for-schools-future/ 
• August 29, 2023 – The Maleficent Gordon Gee and His Malfunctioning Money Machine by Andrew Donaldson: https://ordinary-times.com/2023/08/29/the-maleficent-gordon-gee-and-his-malfunctioning-money-machine/ 
• August 29, 2023 – WVU Faculty Senate receives petition calling for vote of no confidence in Gee by Roger Adkins: 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 
• August 28, 2023 – West Virginia University Banked on Growth. It Backfired. by Melissa Korn  and  Kris Maher: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/west-virginia-university-banked-on-growth-it-backfired-16997d61 
• August 28, 2023 – Will WVU’s Draconian Cuts Become a Blueprint for Austerity Across Higher Ed by Zane McNeill: https://truthout.org/articles/will-wvus-draconian-cuts-become-a-blueprint-for-austerity-across-higher-ed/ 
• August 28, 2023 – WVU Faculty Assembly to hold ‘no-confidence’ vote for Gee, vote to freeze academic transformation by Joey Rather, Eric Minor: https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-faculty-assembly-to-hold-no-confidence-vote-for-gee-freeze-of-academic-transformation/ 
• August 28, 2023 – WVU Faculty Senate receives petition for a Gee no-confidence vote and transformation halt by Mike Nolting: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/28/wvu-faculty-senate-receives-petition-for-a-gee-no-confidence-vote-and-transformation-halt/ 
• August 23, 2023 – The Cost of Loss at WVU by Rachel Rosolina: https://beltmag.com/the-cost-of-loss-at-wvu 
• August 20, 2023 – Save WVU (w/ Leslie Wilber, Morgan King, & Jessie Wilkerson) by Maximillian Alvarez: https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/save-wvu-w-leslie-wilber-morgan-king-jessie-wilkerson 
• August 18, 2023 – WVU’s plan to cut foreign languages, other programs draws disbelief by Nick Anderson: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/18/west-virginia-university-academic-cuts/ 
• August 18, 2023 – Everyone at West Virginia University Knew Something Was Up. I Hate That We Were Right. by Myya Helm: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html 
• August 18, 2023 – Scholars See Dangerous Precedent in West Virginia U.’s Plan to Cut Foreign Languages by Emma Pettit: https://www.chronicle.com/article/scholars-see-dangerous-precedent-in-west-virginia-u-s-plan-to-cut-foreign-languages 
• July 11, 2023 – Mon County Dems ask governor to call special session over WVU ‘academic transformation’ by Alexandra Weaver: https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/mon-county-dems-ask-governor-to-call-special-session-over-wvu-academic-transformation/ 
• June 23, 2023 – Budget cuts force WVU Library to suspend new book purchases by Sam Gorski: https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/budget-cuts-force-wvu-library-to-suspend-new-book-purchases/ 
• June 23, 2023 – Shrinking Pains at West Virginia University by Liam Knox: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2023/06/23/distraught-west-virginia-u-faculty-push-back 
• June 15, 2023 – WVU faculty members pen letters urging BOG to scrap RIF plan rule changes by David Beard: https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/06/15/wvu-faculty-members-pen-letters-urging-bog-to-scrap-rif-plan-rule-changes 
• June 14, 2023 – Reed College of Media to merge with College of Creative Arts by Jules Ogden: https://www.thedaonline.com/news/reed-college-of-media-to-merge-with-college-of-creative-arts/article_da863c2e-0ae4-11ee-a75c-7bfee88cac85.html 
• June 7, 2023 – Erosion of State Funding for Higher Education Explains Most of WVU’s Budget Crisis by Kelly Allen: https://wvpolicy.org/erosion-of-state-funding-for-higher-education-explains-most-of-wvus-budget-crisis/ 
• June 6, 2023 – The Lessons of the Megalomaniac University President by Paul Campos: https://ideas.time.com/2013/06/06/viewpoint-gordon-gee-should-have-gone-long-ago/ 
• June 5, 2023 – WVU faculty question how university got in financial bind and why academics could be cut by Brad McElhinny: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/06/05/wvu-faculty-question-how-university-got-in-financial-bind-and-why-academics-could-be-cut/
• May 30, 2023 – These WVU grad programs are expected to be discontinued in 2024 by Sam Kirk: https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/these-wvu-grad-programs-are-expected-to-be-discontinued-in-2024 
• May 26, 2023 – Campus workers respond to WVU budget deficit in anonymous document by Jules Ogden: https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/campus-workers-respond-to-wvu-budget-deficit-in-anonymous-document/article_709929f8-fbed-11ed-b6c8-d7a00ec507e9.html
• April 19, 2023 – International graduate assistants to face added fee at WVU by Anna Goldizen: https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/international-graduate-assistants-to-face-added-fee-at-wvu
• January 24, 2016 – As Sports Programs Get Richer, Few Give Much for Academics by Brad Wolverton and Sandhya Kambhampati: As Sports Programs Get Richer, Few Give Much for Academics.pdf