Department/Program at risk

History and related departments

Email and Media: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/14/australian-catholic-university-condemned-over-totally-indefensible-cuts-to-humanities-programs#:~:text=Academics%20have%20reacted%20with%20dismay,modern%20studies%20program%20entirely%20disbanded.

Email and Media: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/05/university-of-melbourne-cuts-450-jobs-due-to-projected-losses-of-1bn-over-three-years#:~:text=3%20years%20old-,University%20of%20Melbourne%20cuts%20450%20jobs%20due%20to%20projected,%241bn%20over%20three%20years&text=The%20University%20of%20Melbourne%20has,%241bn%20over%20three%20years.

https://www.facebook.com/aven.mcmaster/posts/10159047534000470

Thorneloe is threatened by the insolvency of its partner institution, Laurentian -- see Aven McMaster's FB post

Classes below 10 students will be cut; info via email from Faculty in Dept.; https://www.reddit.com/r/queensuniversity/comments/182frss/incoming_students_beware_artscis_deep_budget_are/

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-to-queen-s-arts-and-science?recruiter=1322550705&recruited_by_id=568cdcf0-8a6b-11ee-a0e1-0dba06d5ca8b&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink

Petition: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/kahlschlag-an-der-mlu-verhindern-fakultaeten-retten

See also the various posts on the Liverpool list with contact information of administrators who can be lobbied.

Emails; Twitter DMs; widely reported in media.

Email from NZ faculty member; media: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/300990091/union-fears-for-devastating-cuts-at-massey-university

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/faced-with-budget-deficit-canisius-college-makes-cuts-to-faculty-and-majors

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/07/19/carthage-college-proposal-lay-off-faculty-draws-student-protest/5468267002/

The program will be taught out until all students graduate: https://patch.com/wisconsin/mountpleasant/carthage-cuts-2-departments-23-professors-cost-cutting-move

https://dailynous.com/2020/06/08/elmira-college-cuts-philosophy/

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1I6AyEAhzUvRe9-V5vOk0EAQR9LFW5gXHxmlG6CbUiyI/viewform?edit_requested=true

Multiple, e.g. https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/illinois-wesleyan-university-cutting-4-programs/article_9197c1be-afbe-5072-a5c4-9fac138be659.html

Unclear as to what will happen to faculty - two seem to hold full or partial appointments in G&R Studies, three in other departments.

https://decorahnewspapers.com/MobileContent/Photo-Gallery/News/Article/Luther-to-reduce-FTE-programs/54/231/50503

Classical Studies Major (new cuts to majors)

https://t.co/XF06ZLNp3n?amp=1 https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/education/2023/10/08/miami-university-to-reinvent-18-majors-with-low-enrollment/70984039007/

Classics was merged into a modern language department as Classical studies. Unclear if any Faculty were eliminated.

https://twitter.com/hagen_adrienne/status/1416449054318419972?s=20

One TT faculty member had their position eliminated; unclear as to what the future of the department is.

Twitter and Email (from inside source)

Only 1 contingent faculty member (for 21-22); no plans to replace the departing faculty with TT faculty

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures - Classics

Classics major and Classical Humanities major cut; minors retained

Twitter (private message from former faculty)

Information from Twitter in 2020 suggested it was being cut; but as of 2023, a hiring decision and webpage status suggests otherwise.

https://t.co/NUQpgdXETU?amp=1

Classics Department and all majors

https://vtcynic.com/news/an-academic-persecution-the-death-of-classics-at-uvm/

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/uvm-students-save-the-university-of-vermont-s-classics-department?recruiter=952525437&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=fe5d0a90-6063-11e9-8f40-3723ae85881a

Greek and Roman Studies program

https://www.valpo.edu/world-languages-and-cultures/greek-and-roman-studies/

Notice listed on program website "program will be ending and not accepting new students".

Endangered (in 2021); still in existence, as of 2023

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/archaeology-future-multiple-uk-courses-jobs-face-axe-funding-cuts-1202853

Petition: https://t.co/hSacUJZuCs?amp=1

Redundancies threaten the integrity of the dpeartment, but will not cause a closure.

All Humanities, incl. History (no Classics in this institution)

Petition: http://chng.it/fcFBHTzGfc

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-sheffield-save-sheffield-s-archaeology-department