The proposed cuts at Valparaiso University announced on March 1 have department heads and professors preparing to defend their programs as they fear the loss of a liberal arts education and the connections to the very tenets upon which the Lutheran university is based.
“This does go to the heart of Valpo’s stated mission when you’re talking about Lutheran theology,” he said. “It’s just one more nail in the coffin to theology-based liberal arts education, in my opinion.” Possible outcomes for the departments after further evaluation include programs continuing with changes; development of a cooperative program, through a merger with other departments; or a discontinuation, Johnson said.
“I solely came to Valpo because of the faith community and the faith connection,” she said. “That was the deciding factor for me.” By Friday afternoon, more than 300 people, including current students and alumni, had signed Sleeper’s petition. Echoing Becker’s concerns, the petition states that eliminating the proposed departments, and theology in particular, would be detrimental to the university’s future.
The list includes Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia, which changed its name to Wheeling University after the Maryland Province for the Society of Jesus announced in April 2019 that it was ending its affiliation with the university because it was no longer offering a Jesuit education. Additionally, “undergraduate enrollments in the humanities in general have shown a dramatic decline in recent years,” Snyder wrote, as, for decades, “political leaders, cultural figures and pragmatic-minded parents have been encouraging students to pursue STEM majors — especially medicine and applied sciences — rather than the arts, humanities and social sciences.”
“We’re doing everything we can to maintain these options,” she said, adding she is creating an online forum where students and alumni can register their support for their major, and how their major impacted them personally and professionally. The music department has 46 music majors, while over 200 Valpo students are engaged in music ensembles, lessons, or classes in some way, Bognar said in an email. Music is one option for students to use to fulfill the fine arts requirement in general education.
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