From the Spokesman-Review: Nine Eastern Washington University majors – including urban and regional planning and gender, women’s and sexuality studies – will be discontinued following two unanimous votes by school leadership... The decision, made by the board of trustees following recommendations from the provost and president, comes after months of petitions, public testimonies and official faculty recommendations in favor of continuing the degrees, including a visit from Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown in February in support of the women’s studies program.
The programs discontinued include master’s degrees in interdisciplinary studies and applied math; and bachelor’s degrees in data science, English as a second language, applied technology, gender, women’s and sexuality studies, international affairs, urban and regional planning, applied technology, and early childhood and special education... Provost Lorenzo Smith initially identified the nine programs for review based on their graduating an average of under 10 students annually over the past five years (or, five graduates, in the case of master’s programs)... Smith recommended to President Shari McMahan that all nine programs be discontinued, citing consideration of stewardship, resource allocations, strategic value, student demand, course demand and institutional mission...
Full story at https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jun/26/ewu-trustees-vote-unanimously-to-end-gender-studie/.
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