undergraduate education programs in October 2022 and the university's graduate education programs in October of 2024.
In 2023, the university publicly acknowledged severe financial challenges. By the end of 2024, the university projected a deficit of between $5 and $7 million. It declared financial exigency and began plans to make significant budget cuts, including the potential firing of tenured faculty and closure of academic programs. In December of 2023 the university announced that it was eliminating 28 faculty positions at the end of the academic year and dropping programs including Chemistry, Cultural Studies, Ecology, Engineering Physics, English, History, History Education, Liberal Studies, Physics, Politics and Law, and Political Science; the university also planned to close the Master of Education program. Art Therapy and Philosophy concentrations was also planned to be cut. In November of 2024, the university again made faculty and staff cuts, eliminating 20 full-time and part-time positions.
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