We learned today that the budget cut for the Vancouver campus will amount to 9.8%. That is about as close to the 0-10% without hitting it right on the nose (a left nostril, perhaps?). I had written earlier that it is not clear is how the President’s announcement from yesterday (that there are six units excluded from cuts) would play out on our campus with the 9.8% cut, particularly since one of the units, CAS, constitutes the largest college on our campus. That point was clarified by Interim Chancellor Sandra Haynes who responded to my question. As she wrote: WSU Vancouver is considered a unit.
This means that the entire campus will take the 9.8% cut. So, CAS, for example, is excluded in Pullman from the cuts since it is (in and of itself) a “unit” but not CAS on our own campus since our campus is a unit. As I mentioned to the Chancellor, this amount of a cut will result in dire consequences for our campus.
Following up on the merit pay announced yesterday, I am sharing the website, “Salary Increases for Faculty and Staff for your review. https://newchapter.wsu.edu/2025/06/05/salary-increases-for-faculty-and-staff/.
You may also be interested in the website, entitled “A New Chapter,” where much of the information relating to the budget and other changes/updates are being hosted: https://newchapter.wsu.edu.
Faculty off-contract and hunkered down, getting as much research done as possible during this summer break, may come back to a very different campus this fall. Much of the changes discussed are expected to be implemented in the new fiscal year, which starts July 1, 2025.