PSU clarifies program discontinuation recommendations
Morning Sun
PITTSBURG, Kan. Last week, Pittsburg State University announced its recommendations to the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) on the future of various academic programs including recommendations to discontinue several of them.
On Monday, the university issued a revised press release “that better explains the situation and gives a more complete look at the changes,” it said, noting that its announcement last Friday “led to many questions and concerns.”
Out of 25 of PSU’s “programs” a word that was changed to “majors/emphases/degrees” in the updated release “that have been identified in the past year as having a low enrollment and a small number of annual graduates,” the original release said, “the following are on the list to discontinue: Graphic Design; Clinical Science/Medical Lab Tech; Spanish Language and Literature; Bachelor of Arts degrees in Mathematics and History; and Teac