WSU budget plan includes 370 job cuts - NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press

Washington State University plans to cut 371 jobs and eliminate several academic programs to make up a $54 million deficit in its budget for the next two years. Major cuts are proposed for the school's core agriculture research and extension programs, plus engineering, liberal arts and sciences. The school's branch campus in Vancouver also will see deep cuts, according to the plan released Friday by President Elson Floyd.