By Bob Walsh
Both Stanislaus State and Sonoma State, both part of the
California State University system, just got a very serious kick in the
nutsack today, allegedly to the complete surprise of the faculty and
students.
Sonoma State is
losing their entire athletic program plus several departments of
academics due to a $23 + million short fall. Stanislaus State (aka
Turkey Tech) has a lesser hole to dig out of, about $8 million, and will
not get nailed as hard but neither will it be a love tap.
The
Sonoma State interim president, Emily F. Cutrer, announced that the
school has lost 38% of its enrollment since its high point in 2015. She
annnounced that the previously enacted voluntary employee separations,
personnel reductions and downsizing have saved far less than is
necessary. A total of 46 faculty members, including tenured, tenure
track and adjunct professions, will not have their contracts renewed.
Also a number of lecturers are going down in flames. These actions will
hit at the end of the current academic year.
More
than 20 academic degree programs are biting the dust. These include
Art History BA, Art Studio BFA, Philosophy BA, Public Administration
MPA, Theater Arts BA., women and gender studies BA, and various hard
science programs.
Also
several minor programs will be eliminated including Art History,
Economics, Museum and Gallery Studies, Queer Studies and Theatre Arts.
The system as a whole is having its funding cut by 8% in the coming academic year.
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