Financial stress is driving program eliminations and staff actions at multiple campuses. University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s chancellor unveiled a budget plan that trims academic programs after advisory committee recommendations, while Rider University is pursuing faculty layoffs and other measures to address a fiscal shortfall. The reporting catalogs program evaluations, contested advisory outcomes, and the operational choices leaders are making to preserve core missions. These cases illustrate the continued pressure on institutional finances from enrollment shifts, policy changes, and reliance on tuition, forcing trustees and presidents into politically and academically fraught decisions about program prioritization.