Southern Oregon University presented a preliminary plan to shrink programming and costs amid a financial crisis, including sunsetting four academic units and consolidating nine others. Leaders and Deloitte consultants unveiled the approach as the institution pursues a state-ordered turnaround plan after lawmakers approved $15 million in emergency funding conditioned on balancing future budgets. The preliminary recommendations included sunsetting music, international studies, creative writing, and gender, sexuality and women’s studies units, plus regularly reviewing course offerings to maintain minimum enrollment thresholds. The plan also proposes outsourcing many administrative functions to save salary costs, a move that drew campus opposition during letters and listening sessions. The university’s board is set to discuss and act on a final plan, with the institution required to submit details to the state by May 11. The proposal frames the financial approach as margin-focused, including raising students-per-course targets and setting minimum course-enrollment benchmarks. The development matters for academic governance and student continuity, because teach-out and transfer options were cited as support for affected majors. It also illustrates how external consultants and state conditions are shaping what institutions preserve versus eliminate when emergency funds expire.