Citing declining enrollment, West Virginia University’s board has approved $7 million in staff cuts and a 3% tuition increase. WVU is also slashing 12 graduate and doctoral programs, including graduate studies tracks for finance, instructional design and technology, and elementary and secondary education, as well as the school’s doctorate accounting program. Those programs and majors will stop admitting students after the start of the 2023-24 academic year. The graduate programs that will be completely preserved are those in special education, communication studies and journalism. Other programs are being evaluated and improved.