Marymount University, a Catholic institution in Northern Virginia, is eliminating majors it says draw low student interest. Faculty are protesting.
Marymount University trustees voted unanimously Friday to phase out majors in English, history and several other fields that the Catholic school in Northern Virginia says have drawn low student interest.The 21-0 vote, according to a university spokesman, represents a watershed moment for a regional university of about 3,700 students that is seeking to grow enrollment and revenue.
The majors to be eliminated are art; English; history; mathematics; philosophy; secondary education; sociology; and theology and religious studies. A Bachelor of Arts program in economics will be eliminated, but the Bachelor of Science in that field will remain. The university is also cutting a master’s program in English and the humanities.
Students already in those programs will be able to complete their degrees, the university said. Officials also say courses in those fields will continue to be offered. “Marymount will always be dedicated to the education of the whole person,” the university said.About 500 of the university’s enrolled students are based in high schools and take Marymount classes through a dual-enrollment program. Those students do not bring in as much revenue as full-time undergraduates.
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