A liberal arts education means something, and colleges that slash programs should stop using the term in their promises to students, Christopher A. Snyder writes. Last month, as he presided over the elimination of 28 academic programs and 143 faculty positions most notably the dismantling of the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics West Virginia University President E.
Its president ignored the warning signs about declining enrollment. Now WVU is deeply in debt, in thrall to market-worshipping consultants, and cutting a shocking number of programs and faculty.