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Ellipsis

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25. wrong.

Wed Mar 21, 2018, 10:36 AM

Mar 2018

For one the philosophy depart for one has 93 majors... proportionally in the amount of student credit hours generated that's not small.

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A Univ. of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors including English, history and philosop [View all] octoberlib Mar 2018 OP

That'll keep the best and brightest in Wisconsin. muntrv Mar 2018 #1

And hence would graduate idiots!!! A university I would avoid like the plague. Sounds more like a RKP5637 Mar 2018 #2

It's a Koch machine. They were trying to do the same thing at UNC. octoberlib Mar 2018 #5

as a college graduate hfojvt Mar 2018 #3

This isn't really about jobs, though. It's about raising a bunch of young people to octoberlib Mar 2018 #10

you think eliminating a few majors hfojvt Mar 2018 #14

wrong. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #25

it seems to be about 1% of the student total hfojvt Mar 2018 #50

The decline was expected many years ago. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #59

the decline is not universal though hfojvt Mar 2018 #84

I'd be curious to see if that number coincides with the exodus of the Dean of Fine Arts Ellipsis Mar 2018 #86

English? oberliner Mar 2018 #41

I guess you should have discovered the truth of a trade school. poboy2 Mar 2018 #32

I don't think anyone is arguing against any vague point you've made. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #37

There are many jobs in the liberal arts, and we need educated human beings not robots. LBM20 Mar 2018 #56

we also have many liberal arts colleges hfojvt Mar 2018 #83

And what degree did you get? RKP5637 Mar 2018 #4

How can your mission be to meet state workforce needs when you're hemorrhaging jobs? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #6

While in college......... DFW Mar 2018 #7

don't forget NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #12

Not in my day DFW Mar 2018 #46

We don't need foreign talkin' people, social workers, and none of that liberal political science. sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #8

UW-Stevens Point started out as a teachers college -- occupational training. FarCenter Mar 2018 #9

Well, thank god it's small. I'm sure Walker wants this for the whole system , though. octoberlib Mar 2018 #11

Life is tough for small campuses in large systems - they have a problem establishing an identity FarCenter Mar 2018 #13

They still need to offer English, though at least. That's ridiculous. octoberlib Mar 2018 #21

They need to offer Freshman English, and a couple of writing & lit courses, but not a BA in English. FarCenter Mar 2018 #35

Stevens Point is nationally ranked natural resource college. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #24

89.4 % acceptance rate Yupster Mar 2018 #64

It is. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #66

Education, Nursing and MBA Abnredleg Mar 2018 #28

Well, all those are good career pathways right there. octoberlib Mar 2018 #31

8600 students. It's not that small Poiuyt Mar 2018 #18

we are talking 1894 here and Wausau is still pissed... Ellipsis Mar 2018 #20

I was going to point this out Dorian Gray Mar 2018 #69

Sure, but vocational training does not college Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #92

I can speak directly to this. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #15

Thanks for your input octoberlib Mar 2018 #22

Thanks for your informative post. Point of information: GusBob Mar 2018 #30

Can't have any free thinking ichthyologists swimming about out there. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #45

thank you jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #53

One of the top 25 schools in the country for Theatre Ellipsis Mar 2018 #58

To be renamed as Dumbfuckistan Central Trump University BSdetect Mar 2018 #16

Who needs history and philosophy with King Coal coming back? oasis Mar 2018 #17

Scott Walker never finished college Poiuyt Mar 2018 #19

Was the reason Scott left college in his senior year ever determined? appalachiablue Mar 2018 #79

It's always been said in state that he was forced xmas74 Mar 2018 #88

Now I remember some about a student election, tx. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #89

That's the rumor Poiuyt Mar 2018 #95

My daughter is a student there hauckeye Mar 2018 #23

I am trained as an Engineer. Blue_true Mar 2018 #26

+1 great post! octoberlib Mar 2018 #33

You can tell the difference between Engineers coming out of liberal art schools Johonny Mar 2018 #40

Steve Jobs credited a calligraphy course he happened to audit at Reed College Tanuki Mar 2018 #70

I don't think this proposal does that exboyfil Mar 2018 #78

stevens point grad...wanted my kid to go there. dembotoz Mar 2018 #27

Doesn't bother me... brooklynite Mar 2018 #29

Too bad, it should. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #34

Yes, BA English at Brooklyn College. FarCenter Mar 2018 #54

Of course it doesn't bother you. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #38

Please elaborate... brooklynite Mar 2018 #43

Any effort to further render Americans dumber, more illiterate and incurious should bother you. VOX Mar 2018 #55

I don't blame small schools Yupster Mar 2018 #65

it is not a small school it is a god damn state university dembotoz Mar 2018 #90

Drop history???? As they say, those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. LAS14 Mar 2018 #36

'Past is Prologue,' The Tempest by Shakespeare appalachiablue Mar 2018 #82

Honestly, I support that. DetlefK Mar 2018 #39

so basically they want to turn The University of Wisconsin into a workhouse. Javaman Mar 2018 #42

Yes. retask thebricks and mortar... and the new bricks and mortar. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #44

It's not UW GusBob Mar 2018 #49

It is not a satellite.... Marshfield and Marathon would be satelites. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #57

Major in window washing with... lame54 Mar 2018 #47

Why do low paid service workers need those? ehrnst Mar 2018 #48

this explains it better than I can lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #51

K&R! nt Mountain Mule Mar 2018 #52

This seems a little overblown. Not having majors is not the same thing as not having classes. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #60

This is trial ballon for a national effort to combat perceived liberalism in universities. Ellipsis Mar 2018 #61

Who do you think is going to teach English as a university without and English Dept? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #93

There can still be an English department (or any department) without an English major. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #96

So, again, what level of prof do you think that's going to attract? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #97

An excellent teacher of undergraduates, potentially. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #98

The Corporate State wants a population of Deltas from Huxley's "Brave New World." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2018 #62

Why can't they do Both ? with changes in technology happenig all the time JI7 Mar 2018 #63

This reminds me of an English teacher at one university nitpicker Mar 2018 #67

I remember... MountCleaners Mar 2018 #68

There is a person I know with philosophy degree.. sarah FAILIN Mar 2018 #71

A philosophy degree wasn't a "recipe for failure" for Georege Soros, Peter Thiel, Tanuki Mar 2018 #72

Well I wish him luck sarah FAILIN Mar 2018 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author Tanuki Mar 2018 #73

Another reason why we all can't have nice things in this country. MrScorpio Mar 2018 #74

Meet Steve Nass - education-hating State Sentator from Wisconsin milestogo Mar 2018 #75

The story has a BS premise hueymahl Mar 2018 #76

ABET accredited engineering programs exboyfil Mar 2018 #80

The De-Liberalisation of Academia and Education at work. appalachiablue Mar 2018 #77

Republicans just want universities that churn out industry fodder. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #81

Note also that University of Wisconsin is a land-grant university FarCenter Mar 2018 #85

In the 1970s and 80s, the NYT "Help Wanted" section had a job title of "College Graduate" brooklynite Mar 2018 #91

I got a degree in English MichMary Mar 2018 #94