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[quote=Anonymous]Saw this today:

https://chicagomaroon.com/48215/news/uchicago-arts-humanities-division-to-restructure-amid-historic-funding-pressures/

UChicago to restructure arts and humanities programs amid financial strain: report
https://www.chicagobusiness.cohttps://www.dcurbanmom.com/m/education/uchicago-restructure-arts-and-humanities-programs-report

The University of Chicago reportedly plans to restructure its Arts & Humanities Division in the face of financial strain.

UChicago Dean Deborah Nelson announced five faculty-led advisory committees have been created to pinpoint opportunities to reduce costs, the Chicago Tribune reported yesterday, citing an email the dean sent to faculty in June. Proposals are to be submitted by the end of August and put into place starting the following academic year in 2026.

These include: consolidating the division’s 15 departments into eight and reducing language courses and minimum class and program sizes, according to the university's student newspaper, The Chicago Maroon, which first reported the changes. Similar restructuring processes are occurring university-wide, spanning various schools and divisions.

“As at many universities across the country, focused planning is needed to advance the University's mission in a rapidly evolving landscape for higher education nationwide,” the university told Crain’s in an emailed statement, calling the restructures “strategic.”

Nelson pointed toward cuts in federal research funds and changing international student and graduate loan policies, as well as the nation’s broader economic uncertainty, as the reasons for the restructuring, according to the Tribune.

“Status quo is not an option,” Nelson wrote in an email to division faculty, according to the Trib. “To simply copy and paste means the inkpad will run dry, and the Division of the Arts & Humanities will very soon be a pale, indecipherable version of what we once aspired to be.”
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