Department chairs probably jump every time the provost walks by. With money tight, rare is the college that hasn’t had to do some significant belt-tightening, and many faculty members are no doubt wondering if their department will be the next to go. While some schools are experimenting with creative cost-cutting measures like outsourcing campus police or getting rid of landlines, some have had to make the difficult decision to strike at the heart of their own academic infrastructures. These eight departments are the ones that most commonly end up under the knife.
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2012/05/23/the-most-common-department-cuts-colleges-are-making/
