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Marymount University students launch protests after school axes majors like math, English,
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:43 am
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:43 am
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Students at a Catholic liberal arts university in northern Virginia say their concerns were brushed aside by officials who eliminated numerous majors at the school, ranging from religious studies to math.
The cuts by Marymount University, outside of Washington, D.C., have led to protests from outraged students who say the decision has rocked the school’s foundation as a Catholic institution that focuses on humanities.
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Marymount’s board of trustees drove the final nail in the coffin for nine majors and one graduate program on Feb. 24, when it unanimously voted 20-0 in support of the plan to end the degrees. The school told Fox News Digital in a statement that "this decision reflects not only our students’ needs, but our responsibility to prepare them for the fulfilling, in-demand careers of the future."
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But Reed said that students and staff were only alerted last month to the plan that will cut bachelor’s degrees in theology and religious studies, philosophy, mathematics, art, history, sociology, English, economics and secondary education, as well as a master’s program in English and humanities. Students are still required to study the subjects as part of the school's core program but are no longer able to select such areas of study as majors.
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The school, however, has argued that eliminating the majors won't affect Marymount's mission as Catholic liberal arts school.
"Marymount will always be dedicated to the education of the whole person," the school said in a statement prior to the vote to end the majors.
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Marymount was founded in 1950 originally as a two-year women’s Catholic school before it expanded to its current university status with roughly 4,000 enrolled students through its campus located in Arlington, Virginia.
A spokesperson for the Diocese of Arlington told Fox News Digital that the bishop "was informed of the university’s decision just prior to the public announcement" but that no one at the school asked for his input.
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Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:53 am to Purple Crayola
Smaller liberal arts schools are struggling. Axing majors is a way to cut costs
You will be seeing this more are more or actual closings.
We really have too many universities and need to consolidate.
You will be seeing this more are more or actual closings.
We really have too many universities and need to consolidate.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:57 am to Purple Crayola
I don't know whether to upvote or downvote. All I've got to say is, "What the hell are they going to offer insofar as a degree in anything that will prepare students for 'fulfilling, in demand careers'?"
Mathematics is being removed from a major course of study at a university?
Oh well. Not my monkeys, not my circus. It sound to me, though, like they don't have the operating funds to provide a worthwhile education, or they refuse to acknowledge the importance of those degrees.
I suppose they'll offer a degree in Driver Education instead, huh?
Mathematics is being removed from a major course of study at a university?
Oh well. Not my monkeys, not my circus. It sound to me, though, like they don't have the operating funds to provide a worthwhile education, or they refuse to acknowledge the importance of those degrees.
I suppose they'll offer a degree in Driver Education instead, huh?
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:58 am to tigeraddict
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Smaller liberal arts schools are struggling. Axing majors is a way to cut costs
Sure, but fricking math and English? Wtf?
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:59 am to Purple Crayola
Kids who want to learn?
Maybe this country isn’t fricked after all
Maybe this country isn’t fricked after all
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:06 am to Purple Crayola
Math and English are racist.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:09 am to 0x15E
I tried to find how many students actually major in these, couldn't find it. They still offer quite a few majors, have 4,000 students, bigger than I thought since I have NEVER heard of it.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:13 am to touchdownjeebus
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Sure, but fricking math and English? Wtf?
English major here. You can DEFINITELY cut English
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:14 am to Purple Crayola
Math surprises me. Problem solving in a system then explaining your solution is an "in demand" skill.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:17 am to Purple Crayola
That school shouldn’t exist. It may as well be for profit because it’s damn near impossible to get rejected and it’s kinda pricey for a shitty education. It’s a school for people who can’t get into any of the other schools in the area but think they are above community college.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:20 am to KennabraTiger
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English major here. You can DEFINITELY cut English
I used to think this was the case until I read some of the posts made on various message boards and social media sites. I am amazed at the nearly complete lack of command of one's native language that so many tend to display. Then again, after reading through some of those posts, I don't believe they'd be able to pass an exam in the first place.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:21 am to Purple Crayola
Little misleading as an article. I’d assume they axed those subjects while still allowing for minors in those and numerous other subjects because of a lack of interest in them as a major. Makes perfect sense tbh. This is no different than what many other colleges including LSU and others have done in recent years. If the demand isn’t there, then there’s no need for them as majors. Those wanting to major in those subjects can find another college that includes those as majors.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:25 am to AlextheBodacious
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That school shouldn’t exist. It may as well be for profit because it’s damn near impossible to get rejected and it’s kinda pricey for a shitty education. It’s a school for people who can’t get into any of the other schools in the area but think they are above community college.
I grew up 4-5 blocks away from Marymount. We watch Fourth of July fireworks at the country club next door from the soccer field every year
Never heard it described this way.
This post was edited on 3/10/23 at 6:25 am
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:32 am to ell_13
They did it! They solved racism forever!
Posted on 3/10/23 at 6:35 am to jlovel7
Their M.Ed program was popular because you could get it pretty quick but undergrad idk anyone who went there that wasn’t a moron. There are so many other schools in the area I don’t see the need for Marymount.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:00 am to AlextheBodacious
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Their M.Ed program was popular because you could get it pretty quick but undergrad idk anyone who went there that wasn’t a moron. There are so many other schools in the area I don’t see the need for Marymount.
Are we both from N Arlington?
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:17 am to tigeraddict
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Smaller liberal arts schools are struggling. Axing majors is a way to cut costs You will be seeing this more are more or actual closings. We really have too many universities and need to consolidate
The total number of high school graduates is shrinking. The birth rate during the 2008 recession was alarmingly low. Those kids will represent the lowest cohort of graduating HS seniors in decades
Higher learning has to find ways to adjust/backfill or it will be a financial disaster.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:19 am to Swamp Angel
They needed the money for more majors in gender studies, intersectionality, and other woke bs.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:23 am to Cymry Teigr
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Little misleading as an article. I’d assume they axed those subjects while still allowing for minors in those and numerous other subjects because of a lack of interest in them as a major. Makes perfect sense tbh. This is no different than what many other colleges including LSU and others have done in recent years. If the demand isn’t there, then there’s no need for them as majors. Those wanting to major in those subjects can find another college that includes those as majors.
Quit making sense. I came here to be outraged at a headline.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:24 am to touchdownjeebus
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Sure, but fricking math and English? Wtf?
I’m guessing those listed would simply be their least popular majors.
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