( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the most ‘value.’” West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall. [CutID: <Cuts> WVU-BUDGET-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 21s Title: WVU-BUDGET-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: the most ‘value’] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Many at WVU say foreign languages and other humanities […]
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West Virginia University crisis looms as GOP leaders focus on economic development, jobs
( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the most ‘value.'”
West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall.
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Out-cue: the most ‘value’]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Many at WVU say foreign languages and other humanities offer students opportunities they might not be able to access — or afford — elsewhere that are just as valuable.
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VERBATIM: The crisis comes as the GOP leadership is pushing economic development and promoting innovative programs like cybersecurity that can’t be found almost anywhere else. All agree education is a tool to attract young people and improve quality of life in West Virginia. However, they disagree on what kinds of education add the most “value.”