The New York Times: Students in Rural America Ask, ‘What Is a University Without a History Major?’

U nastavku upućujemo na članak iz New York Timesa koji govori o krizi javnih sveučilišta u ruralnoj Americi koja razmatraju ukidanje određenih studijskih programa poput povijesti, francuskog, njemačkog…

 

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Students in Rural America Ask, ‘What Is a University Without a History Major?’

 

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, facing declining enrollment and revenue, is weighing major changes to its degree programs.

 

The New York Times

 

By Mitch Smith

 

Jan. 12, 2019

 

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Chancellor Bernie Patterson’s message to his campus was blunt: To remain solvent and relevant, his 125-year-old university needed to reinvent itself.

 

Some longstanding liberal arts degrees, including those in history, French and German, would be eliminated. Career-focused programs would become a key investment. Tenured faculty members could lose their jobs. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Dr. Patterson explained in a memo, could “no longer be all things to all people.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/rural-colleges-money-students-leaving.html