<body><div>Last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on worries that “dozens of majors could face elimination as part of a review of low-enrollment programs—a process that began amid a significant budget deficit.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3u4xmO_0wFXCF1200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3u4xmO_0wFXCF1200" width="1814" height="1231" ><figcaption>University of Connecticut’s Manchester Hall, which houses the Department. of Philosophy</figcaption></figure>The Chronicle article, which was being shared among philosophers on social media, stated that “Majors like philosophy, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and animal science are on the chopping block.”However, inquiries to faculty in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut suggest this is not the case. One faculty member said: “Our department is not at risk of being cut. In fact, we are the only department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that is growing, especially growing majors, but also hiring new faculty.”Department Chair Lewis Gordon wrote, “While these proposed cuts are of course concerning, especially to the humanities, we think philosophy in particular is in fairly good shape.”</div></body>

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Last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on worries that “dozens of majors could face elimination as part of a review of low-enrollment programs—a process that began amid a significant budget deficit.”. The Chronicle article, which was being shared among philosophers on social media, stated that “Majors...