According to documents provided by the university, 14 academic departments have been eliminated since 2008. One more -- women's studies -- will be gone once the higher education system's Board of Regents formally OK's it next month. Twenty-five programs are gone, too, and six more are set to go next month. Departments and programs are similar, but not the same. A program is any particular course of study; anything a student can major in and get a degree in. A department can have several programs within it. Departments have chairmen and a small staff, and so are more expensive than programs.
