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The turmoil at West Virginia University (WVU) continues, with the submission of a petition to its Faculty Senate on Monday that calls for a meeting in September to consider a no-confidence vote in WVU President E. Gordon Gee.<\/p>\n

The petition is just the latest example of the uproar that has engulfed the WVU campus following the administration\u2019s recommendations that the university close 32 academic programs and cut 169 faculty positions as it tries to solve a budget deficit currently projected to be about $45 million, but that could reach $75 million in future years.<\/p>\n

Included in that \u201cacademic transformation\u201d plan was a call to dismantle the entire Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, ending all its academic programs, and eventually eliminating all the faculty lines in the department. In addition, WVU said it was reviewing plans to drop the foreign language requirement for all its undergraduate majors.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s no-confidence resolution accuses Gee of having \u201cmismanaged the university\u2019s finances, while also refusing to accept responsibility for the current financial situation of the university…\u201d It blames Gee for \u201cirresponsibly claiming \u2026 that he would grow WVU\u2019s enrollment to at least 40,000 by 2020 to justify expansion and spending hundreds of millions of dollars on projects that would increase WVU\u2019s debt load by 55%…\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other charges include that Gee is responsible for an \u201cupward redistribution of resources,\u201d and that he has \u201cfailed to provide honest and transparent communication with the university community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The resolution concludes that the \u201cUniversity Assembly of West Virginia University has no confidence in President E. Gordon Gee\u2019s ability to responsibly, honestly, and effectively lead, facilitate, and participate in decision-making related to any institutional transformation or restructuring at this university;\u201d and that it \u201chas has no confidence in President E. Gordon Gee to continue to serve as leader of West Virginia University.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a related action, the WVU University Assembly also received a call for an immediate freeze in the administration\u2019s academic transformation plan, claiming that it \u201chas been built on a foundation of dishonesty, duplicity, and misleading communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

The resolution also states that the administration required all WVU employees \u201cto sign new appointment letters stipulating that we \u2018avoid conduct that reflects adversely on the image of the University\u2019 in order to retain our employment at WVU, thus \u2018threatening our academic freedom and First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern,\u2019 coercing our silence as they rushed through significant processes that will impact numerous people\u2019s lives in addition to the reputation of WVU…\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Gee maintains he is taking the right and necessary steps. He issued a statement after speaking to members of the WVU Faculty Senate on Monday. \u201cI realize this is a stressful time for everyone on our campus and I understand that change is very difficult. But as I have stated before, though difficult, change is necessary within higher education,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

It continued, \u201cI want to be clear that West Virginia University is not dismantling higher education \u2014but we are disrupting it. I have seen numerous stories and posts about how we are \u2018gutting\u2019 or \u2018eviscerating\u2019 our University. That is simply not factual.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is factual is that we have majors that have low student enrollment and are not cost effective to operate. That is why we have made the recommendations for reduction or discontinuance. Over the course of Academic Transformation, which began at the start of 2021, many of these programs were notified that they were not operating at an optimum level, including declining enrollments. They were provided then with specific recommendations for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gee concluded, \u201cI understand we are making very hard decisions that will affect people\u2019s lives and careers. I also understand there is frustration and anger regarding the process, and I am a logical choice for those feelings. I accept that criticism as it comes with the job. And while I know this is difficult, I also believe very deeply in what we are doing. And we must move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The controversy at WVU has garnered national attention in higher education circles not only because of the magnitude and nature of the deep cuts being proposed at a public flagship university but also because of anxiety that it may be signaling a trend of academic and faculty retrenchment that could threaten other major institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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