Interesting headline of a "Soon to be coming to your state university" situation. I have mixed emotions here, but IMO any institute of higher education should not be shutting down majors while there are students enrolled in that major. If majors need to be trimmed, then they should stop accepting new students for that major and once they've all graduated, then the closure can commence...
Slashing Its Budget, West Virginia University Asks, What Is Essential?
The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities.
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Slashing Its Budget, West Virginia University Asks, What Is Essential?