Southern Oregon University unveiled a preliminary turnaround plan featuring deep academic cuts and consolidations, with the university’s board set to consider a final proposal. The plan, developed with Deloitte consultants, calls for sunsetting four academic units and consolidating nine more, alongside regular reviews of course offerings aimed at meeting minimum enrollment thresholds. The draft also includes outsourcing many administrative functions to reduce salary costs. Community members and employees criticized the proposal during listening sessions, arguing the cuts could undermine SOU’s role as a regional university and disrupt academic continuity for enrolled majors. The board’s action is tied to earlier state emergency funding and a state requirement that SOU submit a long-term plan by May 11, illustrating how financial distress is pushing public universities toward program restructuring when budgets tighten and enrollments fail to stabilize.