Walla Walla Community College keeps programs intact despite budget cuts - Ben Wentz, Union-Bulletin

In the end, the budget for the 2014-15 school year Walla Walla Community College’s Board of Trustees approved Wednesday contained no cuts to program offerings and didn’t place a limit on enrollment. The college faced a quarter-of-a-million dollar shortfall in its roughly $23 million budget due to several factors. Among them were rising costs, no increase in state funding or in the amount the college can charge for tuition, and the unexpected end of several grant programs. But WWCC was able to make up the difference with administrative cuts and by replacing departing staff with temporary and part-time faculty. It also delayed the creation of a construction trades program, which had been budgeted to begin this year. http://union-bulletin.com/news/2014/jun/26/walla-walla-community-college-keeps-programs-intac/