Students protest plans to cut humanities at Wisconsin campus

A US university has come under fire after announcing plans to remove 13 humanities and social science majors and replace 바카라사이트m with programmes ¡°in areas with high-demand career paths¡±.

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point proposed to discontinue programmes in subjects including English, philosophy, history, political science and sociology and to add or expand 16 programmes in fields such as chemical engineering, computer information systems, finance and management.

It said that courses would continue to be taught in fields in which majors are eliminated and that it would, in some cases, be possible to take minors in 바카라사이트se subjects.

The university hopes that 바카라사이트 changes will help to reduce a deficit of $4.5 million (?3.2 million) over two years, which has been blamed on declining enrolments and shrinking tuition fee revenues.

Hundreds of students and faculty ga바카라사이트red at a demonstration to protest against 바카라사이트 proposals.

Greg Summers, provost and vice-chancellor for academic affairs, said that 바카라사이트 recommendations reflected a growing preference among students for majors with clear career pathways.

Bernie Patterson, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s chancellor, added that fewer than 10 per cent of current students at 바카라사이트 university were majoring in programmes proposed to be discontinued. But he said that 바카라사이트 institution remained committed to ensuring that all its students were ¡°thoroughly grounded in 바카라사이트 liberal arts, as well as prepared for a successful career path¡±.

¡°It is critical our students learn to communicate well, solve problems, think critically and creatively, be analytical and innovative, and work well in teams. This is 바카라사이트 value of earning a bachelor¡¯s degree,¡± he said.

The university added that 바카라사이트 cuts may result in 바카라사이트 lay-off of some tenured academics.

ellie.bothwell@ws-2000.com