Category: Cuts and Threats to Philosophy Programs
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Philosophy at Dundee Saved—In Part, For Now (guest post)
“A small programme with a large international reach has bucked the trend of closures across the arts and humanities.”
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University of Wyoming to Drop Philosophy Major
As for Fall 2027, incoming students at the University of Wyoming will no longer be allowed to major in philosophy.
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Exeter’s Executive Board Proposes Massive Cuts; Petition Launched
The Executive Board of the University of Exeter has proposed cutting around 150 staff roles, reports the BBC, with with 115 of them in…
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Petition Against Dundee University Plan to Cut Philosophy Degree
“The University of Dundee has announced it plans to cease offering Philosophy as a named degree from 2027. This news has come as a…
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Nottingham Administration Proposes Massive Faculty Cuts
The administration of the University of Nottingham is planning on reducing its full-time faculty by 600 beginning next January, using layoffs (redundancies) if need…
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Petition to Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
Administrators at the University of Hertfordshire are eliminating not just philosophy (as reported last week) from the school, but also undergraduate programs in English…
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Hertfordshire to Eliminate Philosophy from Its Curriculum
In a couple of years, students at the University of Hertfordshire will be unable to take a philosophy course there.
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Georgetown Philosophy Suspends PhD Admissions for Fall 2026
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University will not be accepting any PhD students for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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Portland State Ordered To Reinstate Laid-Off Philosophy Faculty & Others
“Administrators who claim that their university is under financial distress must not be given carte blanche,” wrote members of the Department of Philosophy at Portland…
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Philosophy in College Beyond the Philosophy Major
It’s not just budget cuts that are leading some colleges and universities to get rid of their philosophy major programs. Sometimes its legislation.
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Monmouth College Eliminating Its Philosophy Major
The President of Monmouth College, a private liberal arts college in Illinois, has recently announced that students at the school will no longer be…
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Philosophy at Some Indiana Public Universities Threatened
The Indiana state legislature has passed a budget bill that will have the effect of closing programs at several public universities in the state,…
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Philosophy Major at Kennesaw State May Be Eliminated
As if it were the manager of a candy store deciding which chewing gum to stock, the administration of Kennesaw State University (Georgia) is…
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Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Alumni Relations
Alumni can have a surprisingly strong voice in university and college decisions, and they can also help individual departments in various ways. What is…
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Fredonia Cuts Kershnar, Kills Philosophy Program
“The BA Philosophy was approved for discontinuation and the Philosophy minor will be sunset, which will abolish the Philosophy department, and your continuing appointment…
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Kingston Plans to Close Its Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy
The administration of Kingston University has announced plans to close its Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP).
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Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Interdepartmental Cooperation on Campus
This is the third installment in the occasional series, Philosophy Department Survival Strategies. In this post, our topic is about philosophers working with members…
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The Financial Squeeze on Higher Ed
The Trump administration’s plan to place severe limitations on what universities receive in indirect costs from grants from the National Institute of Health (though…