Washington State University is likely to face personnel cuts in the coming weeks after the school’s Board of Regents adopted a budget that includes a $17.1 million reduction in spending for the upcoming fiscal year.

On Thursday, the Board of Regents unanimously adopted a budget that includes $1.3 billion in spending across all funds, and approximately $661.3 million in spending in core funds. The plan includes a 4.1% reduction in spending.

“This plan represents the economic pressures public universities now face, all of us, and the bold direction we’ve chosen to take at Washington State University,” President Elizabeth Cantwell said in a video update Wednesday.

The focus will shift in the coming weeks to implementing cuts in most of the university’s 41 units, though the cuts will not be

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