CHENEY, Wash. – Following the publishing of Eastern Washington University’s Strategic Resource Allocation report, the EWU Board of Trustees will hold a meeting Friday, December 8, where “SRA Update” is on the agenda.
The report, which was conducted by the University Services and Academic Programs task forces, discusses possible budget cuts in various departments, including to the football program. It also potentially discusses EWU Football moving to a lower division.
The report said its current budget is ‘unsustainable’ for a school of its size.
“It is unsustainable for a university of our size with our budgetary challenges to allow a single unit to accumulate annual deficits as large as the ones listed in this template,” the SRA said.
The report continues to call on the school’s leadership to make these changes to benefit the university.
“EWU’s leadership needs to consider all options to decrease Football’s unstainable deficit spending, including moving Football to a lower division,” the SRA reads.
A feedback submission form will be available at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 7 for the public to review the report and comment on the recommendations. To read the full SRA report or to fill out the form, visit EWU’s website.
