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Amid Review, West Virginia Higher Ed System Taps New Chief
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An interim chancellor has been appointed for West Virginia’s higher education system as it undergoes a review.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology President Carolyn Long was appointed Tuesday at a special meeting in Charleston to lead the Higher Education Policy Commission. The commission also voted to have retiring chancellor Paul Hill stay on for six months as an adviser.
Separately, WVU announced in a news release that Gerald Lang has been named interim campus president at WVU Tech in Beckley.
Last month Gov. Jim Justice created the Blue Ribbon Commission on Four-Year Higher Education. Justice says the goal is to help the higher education system run more efficiently.
The governor wants the panel’s work to be completed by legislative interim meetings in December.
A Boone County teen was found deceased in her home earlier this month. Police say she was emaciated to a near skeletal state. It's now come to light via a Freedom of Information Act Request filed by West Virginia Watch that the child was being homeschooled.
A West Virginia resident alerted the office of Secretary of State Mac Warner Thursday that a candidate's campaign messages misrepresented the dates of this year's primary election.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has granted West Virginia $1.2 billion for affordable broadband services. More than 300,000 West Virginia households were underserved by broadband in 2023.