Following up on my previous post, West Virginia Law School Faces Major Cuts As Part Of University's 'Unprecedented' Budget Retrenchment:  Wall Street Journal, West Virginia University Slashes Majors and Cuts Staff Despite Protests:

The West Virginia University Board of Governors voted Friday to cut 28 academic programs and eliminate 143 faculty jobs—despite opposition from students, alums and faculty—in favor of what they say is a necessary step toward financial viability.

The public flagship university will eliminate a Ph.D. in mathematics, master’s in public administration, most foreign-language instruction, graduate degrees in higher-education administration, and ceramics and sculpture degrees. Faculty cuts will include positions in its schools of law, mathematical and data science and public health, and in its chemistry and plant and soil-sciences programs. 

Inside Higher Ed, Despite National Pushback, West Virginia Will Cut Faculty, Programs:

Despite pleas from students, faculty members and academic organizations to change course, and despite student protesters disrupting its Friday meeting, the West Virginia University Board of Governors voted to eliminate 143 faculty positions and 28 academic programs from its flagship Morgantown campus.

Some students wept and an assistant math professor stormed out of the meeting room Friday morning as board members approved cut after cut, with only the student body president, the faculty senate president and another faculty representative consistently voting no.