University of Montana can avoid a destructive tsunami by taking 4 actions - JOYCE BRUSIN, Missoulian

Unbeknownst to many in Missoula, a destructive tsunami was about to strike the University of Montana. The devastating wave unleashed from the office of the Commissioner of Higher Education and slated to be carried out by the administration in Main Hall could have destroyed the university as the state’s flagship institution. Numerous faculty positions and several outstanding academic programs at UM would have disappeared for good. Other programs would have been sufficiently weakened so as to lose their ability to offer potential students a legitimate university degree. Nationally recognized programs could have ceased to offer courses that have attracted multitudes of students to UM over the last several decades. The end result would have been the transformation of UM from a full-fledged institution of higher education to a technical-training school devoid of its core offerings in the humanities and social sciences. https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/university-of-montana-can-avoid-a-destructive-tsunami-by-taking/article_fedd97ba-ec6a-5858-81e6-b4261422c7a6.html