UW-Extension, which applies research and expertise across the state in myriad areas, has been forced to restructure due to a reduction of $3.6 million annually in state funding. It plans to cut $1.2 million from county-level programs, $1.7 million from campus programs and state specialists and $700,000 from administration, according to its chancellor, Cathy Sandeen. UW-Extension is a division of the UW System, which ordered the cuts after its state funding was reduced by $250 million.
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