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UW announces sweeping changes, including 75 lay offs, a new school of computing
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UW announces sweeping changes, including 75 lay offs, a new school of computing
Morgan Hughes Jul 13, 2021 Updated 49 min ago
The University of Wyoming Tuesday proposed sweeping changes at the institution, including budget cuts that would lay off 75 positions -- some tenured, a reorganization of a slew of academic departments, and the formation of a school of computing -- among other additions.
The proposal must be approved by the university’s board of trustees, which meets all this week in Torrington. If approved, it would still require a formal public review for 120 days, a process mandated by the university’s regulation 2-13. Trustees are expected to hear much of this proposal Wednesday, but that body was primed months ago for these kinds of changes by university administrators.
The plan offers both dramatic cuts and significant additions to Wyoming's sole public 4-year university.
The cuts include discontinuing more than a dozen degree programs, largely for low-enrollment advanced degrees. Every program proposed for elimination has low enrollment or has had admissions suspended for several years. Here are those cuts, according to a supplemental document from the university:
Download PDF Proposed consolidations, eliminations at UW
Bachelor's programs: German, French, secondary education, and Spanish/French/German language education degrees.
Advanced programs: Sociology, philosophy, political science, international studies, architectural engineering, entomology, family & consumer sciences, statistics and MBA programs in finance and energy.
Four departments are proposed for elimination as well: computer science, electrical and computer engineering, chemical engineering and the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design. The degree programs for each department would be preserved and consolidated into new colleges, according to the university.
The staff positions proposed for elimination will result in layoffs of tenured and nontenured employees. At least 10 of those positions are department heads, according to the release.
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UW announces sweeping changes, including 75 lay offs, a new school of computing
Morgan Hughes Jul 13, 2021 Updated 49 min ago
The University of Wyoming Tuesday proposed sweeping changes at the institution, including budget cuts that would lay off 75 positions -- some tenured, a reorganization of a slew of academic departments, and the formation of a school of computing -- among other additions.
The proposal must be approved by the university’s board of trustees, which meets all this week in Torrington. If approved, it would still require a formal public review for 120 days, a process mandated by the university’s regulation 2-13. Trustees are expected to hear much of this proposal Wednesday, but that body was primed months ago for these kinds of changes by university administrators.
The plan offers both dramatic cuts and significant additions to Wyoming's sole public 4-year university.
The cuts include discontinuing more than a dozen degree programs, largely for low-enrollment advanced degrees. Every program proposed for elimination has low enrollment or has had admissions suspended for several years. Here are those cuts, according to a supplemental document from the university:
Download PDF Proposed consolidations, eliminations at UW
Bachelor's programs: German, French, secondary education, and Spanish/French/German language education degrees.
Advanced programs: Sociology, philosophy, political science, international studies, architectural engineering, entomology, family & consumer sciences, statistics and MBA programs in finance and energy.
Four departments are proposed for elimination as well: computer science, electrical and computer engineering, chemical engineering and the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design. The degree programs for each department would be preserved and consolidated into new colleges, according to the university.
The staff positions proposed for elimination will result in layoffs of tenured and nontenured employees. At least 10 of those positions are department heads, according to the release.
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