Programs and faculty at Pacific Lutheran University are facing potential cuts as the Parkland university seeks to save $4 million to help stabilize its budget. PLU president Allan Belton wrote in a letter to faculty in November that a state of financial exigency exists at the university, stemming from declining enrollment, anticipated budget shortfalls and impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. PLU’s Faculty Handbook defines financial exigency as a “situation in which the university faces an imminent financial crisis which threatens the survival of the institution as a whole ...”
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