Tag: budget cuts
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Philosophy Threatened at Simmons University
The administration of Simmons University has said that it is planning to close the school’s Department of Philosophy and end its major program.
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Philosophy & Other Humanities Fields at Kent Threatened
The administration of the University of Kent is planning to lay off faculty in its Department of Philosophy and other humanities and arts fields.
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Humanities & Other Areas Threatened at Brighton
The administration of the University of Brighton earlier this month announced a plan to layoff over 100 faculty members and 30 support staff, focusing…
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St. Cloud State To Eliminate Philosophy & Other Programs
St. Cloud State University will cease offering its students the opportunity to major in philosophy, reports the Star Tribune.
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Philosophy & Other Humanities Threatened at Marymount (updated: cuts approved)
Programs in philosophy, theology and religion studies, history, mathematics, sociology, literature, and art would at Marymount University in Virginia would all be eliminated if…
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Philosophy & Others Threatened at Birkbeck (Updated)
The Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London may be stripped of up to six faculty members [actually more than that; see update],…
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University of Roehampton Possibly “Closing” Philosophy
The University of Roehampton in London is one of several UK universities that have recently announced budget-related closures of programs and the laying off…
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Nebraska Board of Regents Cuts Philosophy at Nebraska-Kearney
The ax came down on the philosophy major at University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) this past Friday.
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Nebraska at Kearney Philosophy Major May Be Eliminated (Updated)
The philosophy major at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) “is being considered for discontinuation.”
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Devastating Cuts at Laurentian University To Philosophy & Many Other Programs
Following years of extraordinary mismanagement by administrators, Laurentian University is attempting to address its current financial insolvency by eliminating a shocking number of academic…
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To Help Avert University’s “Hunger Games,” A Philosopher Steps Down
Philosopher John Sutton will be voluntarily stepping down from his position as professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University as a…
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Cabrini University to Cut Philosophy Major
Cabrini University, a Catholic College in Pennsylvania, has announced that it is eliminating several programs, including its philosophy major.
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Midgley on Dummett & Strawson on Closing Philosophy Departments
He told me flatly that it was wrong in principle to try to preserve all these provincial academic departments. Philosophy, he said, was a…
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Philosophy Threatened at Baker University
The administration of Baker University in Kansas has decided that in order to address the financial difficulties it is facing owing to the pandemic,…
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Cuts at Ithaca College Include Philosophy
Following up on a fall announcement of pending faculty and program cuts, the administration of Ithaca College has released a draft proposal specifying who…
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Philosophy Threatened at University of Evansville (updated)
Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz, the president of the University of Evansville, thinks it is a good idea to make sure future students at the school…
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Protesting Cuts to Philosophy Departments Can Make A Difference
Recently announced plans to cut philosophy programs at the University of the West of England at Bristol (UWE) and Adrian College in Michigan have been…
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Update on Philosophy at Carthage College
Last month, John Swallow, the president of Carthage College, proposed a plan that would restructure the school, closing several departments, including philosophy. He has now decided on…
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Philosophy Threatened at Carthage College
John Swallow, the president of Carthage College, a liberal arts college in Wisconsin that bills itself as “widely recognized for excellence,” has announced an…
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Philosophy Survives at Illinois Wesleyan
Today the Board of Trustees of Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) met to decide on their proposal, announced last month, to eliminate various programs and departments at the school,…