Earlier in January, the University of North Carolina Greensboro released a list of programs up for elimination.
From our union siblings at UNCG AAUP:
The proposed list of cuts released by the Chancellor overwhelmingly targets the College of Arts and Sciences, chipping away at UNCG’s promise of a well-rounded liberal arts education that will prepare students for our global world. Departments like Religious Studies and Anthropology teach students about global cultures and diverse ways of understanding the world around us. Our popular offerings in foreign languages such as Chinese and Russian help prepare students to build bridges across cultural divides. Public institutions must be run with transparency, yet there has been no rationale provided for why these particular cuts were recommended. In fact, the list released doesn’t correlate with the APR process that we followed. Some of the programs and departments targeted for elimination were not flagged as underperforming by the APR rubrics or even reviewed by the faculty committees charged with recommending cuts. To implement this list of cuts would be a dangerous precedent that would undermine UNCG’s administration’s commitment to shared governance and transparency. Eliminating programs and departments that are core to the university’s mission without any rationale for their termination is irresponsible. We must have a full accounting of the decision-making so that a robust campus dialogue about the implications of these proposals can take place.
THe state must support the institution. Ed Shannon PHD English, 1995.