Straws in the Wind - Part 124

From ARTnews: As of last week, Syracuse University in Upstate New York is pausing admission for 20 majors, including fine arts and digital humanities, in its College of Arts and Sciences. The decision was made by the institution’s senate in its first meeting of the 2025–26 academic year without faculty input. “I have not talked to a single faculty member who is not as deeply concerned for the health of this institution and wanting us to have the best possible programs, and this is true of departments that are struggling,” Crystal Bartolovich, an associate professor in the English department, said in the meeting, according to the university newspaper the Daily Orange. “That these decisions were made above us, without our input, is deeply troubling.” ...

The university’s honors program still hangs in the balance, while the following 18 majors were paused:

• African American Studies
• Applied Mathematics B.A.
• Chemistry B.A.
• Classical Civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital Humanities
• Fine Arts
• French and Francophone Studies
• German Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
• History of Architecture
• Italian Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
• Latino-Latin American Studies
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Modern Jewish Studies
• Music History and Cultures
• Religion
• Russian Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
• Statistics B.A. ...

Full story at https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/syracuse-university-pauses-admission-for-20-undergraduate-majors-1234754624/.