Students in Rural America Ask, ‘What Is a University Without a History Major?’ - Tim Gruber, The New York Times

Chancellor Bernie Patterson’s message to his campus was blunt: To remain solvent and relevant, his 125-year-old university needed to reinvent itself. Some longstanding liberal arts degrees, including those in history, French and German, would be eliminated. Career-focused programs would become a key investment. Tenured faculty members could lose their jobs. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Dr. Patterson explained in a memo, could “no longer be all things to all people.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/rural-colleges-money-students-leaving.html