Wichita State University is closing its women’s studies department, one of the oldest in the country, due to continuously low student interest.
The Department of Women, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies will be dissolved and its degree program will be merged with the English Department, according to an“As part of the Board’s academic program review process, this year the six state universities in Kansas collectively looked at 31 programs that didn’t meet at least three of four metrics related to enrollment, graduation, employment and earnings,” regents spokesperson Matt Keith said.
The action plan states the merger with the English Department “will ensure students’ interest in this area of study will remain a priority and students are afforded continued opportunities for in-depth study of the discipline through the field major … or as a minor.”the university student newspaper.
The employment rate and the Student ROI, or median salary five years after graduation, met university metrics, according to the report. However, student demand and degree production did not. Over the past four years, the department increased course offerings and made other changes to reverse “the downward direction of enrollment numbers,” the action plan stated.
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