WKU is anticipating a shortfall of $7,882,662, necessitating the need for spending cuts that will be managed by deans and vice presidents across campus, according to budget materials. Previously, Howarth said these administrators can use “every tool they have in the toolbox” to achieve these cuts. That includes “operational spending reductions, travel reductions, lapse personnel dollars, strategic hiring pauses, etc.,” the board’s budget materials said. Most of the cuts (54%, or $4,256,636) will fall on WKU’s academic and support units, while administrative support units will shoulder a smaller share of the burden (46% or $3,626,024).
