Oh, the Humanities! Wisconsinites Fight Efforts to Kill Off University Majors - Mrill Ingram, the Progressive

The last few months for many seniors graduating from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point this weekend have been an emotional roller coaster. Their university made national headlines in March when it announced plans to eliminate thirteen majors in the humanities and social sciences. Blaming a $4.5 million budget shortfall, school leaders said the cuts were necessary in “an era of limited financial resources, demographic challenges, and rising competition.” The school, they said, could no longer afford to be a “comprehensive university.” http://progressive.org/dispatches/wisconsin-university-fights-efforts-to-kill-humanities-180517/