Correction: A previous version of this story said the EWU Board of Trustees would consider a “move to a lower division.” While that language appears in a report, it was never under consideration by the board of trustees.
CHENEY, Wash. — On Friday, December 8, the Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees will hold a regularly scheduled meeting where an update on the Strategic Resource Allocation report is on the agenda.
The SRA report (released December 6) was conducted by the University Services and Academic Programs task force and recommends budget cuts in various departments, including to the football program.
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 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.
