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[quote=Anonymous]By a 20-0 vote, the trustees of Marymount University are eliminating 8 majors that aren't drawing sufficient interest:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/24/marymount-university-humanities-majors-eliminated/

From that article: "The majors to be eliminated are art, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies. A BA program in economics will be eliminated, but the BS in that field will remain. The university is also cutting a master’s program in English and the humanities. Students already in those programs will be able to complete their degrees, the university said. Officials also say courses in those fields will continue to be offered. “Marymount will always be dedicated to the education of the whole person,” the university said."

The scope of deleted majors seems unacceptably broad. I understand that Marymount is a tiny college with a small endowment, making it difficult for them to staff/fund a wide variety of academic offerings. Still - English *and* art *and* history *and* math *and* philosophy...wow. This follows the trend of colleges focusing on career readiness.[/quote]

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