Columbia College Chicago plans to cut 11 undergraduate and graduate programs and eliminate up to 25 faculty positions next academic year to “promote future growth centered around student success” amid ongoing budget trouble and declining enrollment, the school announced Monday evening. “We wanted to make sure that our curriculum reflects what industry needs are and what parents and students are asking for,” interim President Jerry Tarrer told the Tribune. “Those are the primary considerations … to ensure that for the short and long haul we are providing a curriculum that will help to deliver professional success for young creatives who choose Columbia.”
