By 1808Delaware
The tremendous impact of COVID-19 on higher education continues apace, with colleges and universities not only adjusting to new means of providing class instruction, but also coping with dramatic reductions in revenue and resources.
Such is apparently the case at Ohio Wesleyan University, where some 18 majors are being eliminated, according to a New York Times story profiling OWU and other colleges nationwide.
OWU majors being lost include comparative literature, urban studies, and journalism. President Rock Jones said that the move would merge religion and philosophy into one department and lump Black studies and women’s studies into a single “critical identity studies” program, the report shared, but also will save about $4 million and limit faculty layoffs to one tenured post.
The New York Times piece by Shawn Hubler, “Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With ‘Nothing Off-Limits’” can be read here.
