Removing Majors in Hard Economic Times

The University of Illinois has not discussed discontinuing any majors, but our sister campus, the University of Illinois at Chicago, is considering cutting The Classics.

It's interesting to see how often these controversial University issues are so political:

Part of the reason the courses might be in the cross hairs is because UIC has just 20 majors in the department of classics and Mediterranean studies ... But supporters of the program noted that other subjects have low numbers of majors, including African-American studies and gender and women's studies, which have 28 combined. Both fields are the dean's areas of study.

Chicago Sun Times: Classics may get axed at UIC