Washington State University has eliminated funding for WSU Press, which would shut it down absent another solution. A cut of $300,000 will take effect at the end of December. The press is 96 years old and has a staff of three full-time employees and one part-time employee. Editor-in-chief Linda Bathgate said in an interview with KIRO Newsradio, “With the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1, 2024, Phillip Weiler, who’s our VP of university marketing and communications, had to make a 7.5% cut in the budget for the group, and he decided to cut the funding for the University […]
