Cutting degree programs at IU

[BradStevens]

Hope the philosophy dept isn’t going to get axed:

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

www.lpm.org

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Hope the philosophy dept isn’t going to get axed:

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

www.lpm.org

IU and Purdue both are looking at cutting AI programs. Way to be forward looking.

 

[dbmhoosier]

IU and Purdue both are looking at cutting AI programs. Way to be forward looking.

They're worried AI will put them out of business.

 

[Univee2]

Hope the philosophy dept isn’t going to get axed:

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

www.lpm.org

Can a Philosophy department ever really be gone?

 

[VanPastorMan]

Can a Philosophy department ever really be gone?

That is a philosophical question.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

They're worried AI will put them out of business.

Put the legislature out of business, it is their rule. If that happens, I for one would welcome our AI overlords.

 

[VanPastorMan]

Hope the philosophy dept isn’t going to get axed:

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

www.lpm.org

By what parameters are they choosing which ones to cut?

 

[mcmurtry66]

That is a philosophical question.

You know what school won’t be impacted?

Moody Bible. 8 majors. All core. All necessary. No fluff.

Most of what iu is cutting you can learn with Babbel.

on the bright side those iu profs will have more time to attend protests. Sign up for uber

 

[UncleMark]

By what parameters are they choosing which ones to cut?

Read the article. Not many big words.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Read the article. Not many big words.

Shh, we don't want people to know number of posts on the Water Cooler by graduates of said department is the criteria.

 

[ribbont]

Read the article. Not many big words.

Why be a d!ck?

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

Hope the philosophy dept isn’t going to get axed:

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

www.lpm.org

The article hints at the answer: merge programs and tell the legislature to eff off.

 

[iuwclurker]

Hope the philosophy dept isn’t going to get axed:

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.

www.lpm.org

“President-elect of the Bloomington Faculty Council Heather Akou said she hasn’t heard anything from the university but that it’s “aggressively” moving to get in line with the law.”

Ideal time to get an instant degree. Anything stopping the university from conferring “honorary” degrees?

 

[IUINSB]

By what parameters are they choosing which ones to cut?

Parameters are in the first paragraph.

 

[hookyIU1990]

How fooking stupid is the legislature?

New STEM programs in areas deemed critical to the state also failed to reach the threshold in 2022-23. Those included artificial intelligence, microbiology and cyber operations and warfare.

 

[BradStevens]

By what parameters are they choosing which ones to cut?

One of the laws requires public colleges and universities to eliminate programs with low numbers of degrees averaged over a three-year period.
The cutoff is 15 graduates for a bachelor’s degree, seven for a master’s and three for a doctorate.

Based on federal data from 2023, around 200 BA, MA and PhD programs at IU Bloomington fell short. WFIU/WTIU News does not have data for degrees conferred in the two years since and IU has not commented on programs at risk.

So far, most faculty don’t know what to expect. President-elect of the Bloomington Faculty Council Heather Akou said she hasn’t heard anything from the university but that it’s “aggressively” moving to get in line with the law.

“There are going to be big changes for this university, and the pace at which this is being pushed through is not designed for positive outcomes,” she said. “I have to say that my faculty colleagues are in panic to a degree that I have never seen before.”

Most of the degrees with low numbers of recipients are in the humanities and languages. Jewish Studies, Classical Studies and multiple language departments could lose their main offerings.

From 2020 to 2022, IU Bloomington conferred more humanities doctorates than any other university in the country, according to data from Carnegie Classifications. It also ranks first for number of languages taught, for now.

New STEM programs in areas deemed critical to the state also failed to reach the threshold in 2022-23. Those included artificial intelligence, microbiology and cyber operations and warfare.

 

[mcmurtry66]

By what parameters are they choosing which ones to cut?

By the parameters established by THE RECKONING!!!!! UVA prez resigned too. tried to mask their DEI by rebranding. DJT smoked it out!!!!

THIS IS THE RECKONING

 

[mcmurtry66]

How fooking stupid is the legislature?

New STEM programs in areas deemed critical to the state also failed to reach the threshold in 2022-23. Those included artificial intelligence, microbiology and cyber operations and warfare.

Last week I struck up a conversation with this brown guy at my minion’s playground. I always approach them hoping they’re pakis but they’re always Indians.

This guy was telling me his funding was cut and couldn’t find any other post docs in the U.S. for his area of research as they were all in the same boat so he was heading back to India to take a teaching job he didn’t want

His area of research was something about AI and cancer treatment. Probably not a great area to cut funding

 

[UncleMark]

His area of research was something about AI and cancer treatment. Probably not a great area to cut funding

Dude was taking a job away from a hard working red blooded American post-doc.

 

[VanPastorMan]

Read the article. Not many big words.

You got a point. I can read.

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

always approach them hoping they’re pakis but they’re always Indians.

What’s wrong with you? More than half of them are inbred

 

[mcmurtry66]

What’s wrong with you? More than half of them are inbred

Correct. They’re fantastic workers. They make zero effort to bang strange. they just work

 

[UncleMark]

Correct. They’re fantastic workers. They make zero effort to bang strange. they just work

Why didn't you offer him a job?

 

[mcmurtry66]

Why didn't you offer him a job?

I’m terribly sorry to hear that. I know you are on your 37th post doc at Wash u and don’t want to go back to India but I might have a proposition that will interest you. Ever done assembly? Ever sew? Run a waterjet? We can always use third shift guys at our facility in Pakistan. Pays roughly a $1.50 an hour so you will have to tighten your belt a little in time but it is honest work. Not this grift you’ve been running over at the medical campus

 

[BradStevens]

Last week I struck up a conversation with this brown guy at my minion’s playground. I always approach them hoping they’re pakis but they’re always Indians.

This guy was telling me his funding was cut and couldn’t find any other post docs in the U.S. for his area of research as they were all in the same boat so he was heading back to India to take a teaching job he didn’t want

His area of research was something about AI and cancer treatment. Probably not a great area to cut funding

After he told you that, did you look him in the eye and say, "Well, the world needs ditch diggers too." Then turn to the minion, "Spalding! Time to go."

 

[mcmurtry66]

After he told you that, did you look him in the eye and say, "Well, the world needs ditch diggers too." Then turn to the minion, "Spalding! Time to go."

Ok Dr. so you have my number. Once you get over there ask for Ken stein.

Ken Stein?

It’s a made up name he uses to trick Americans.

What’s his real name.

I don’t know.

How long has he worked for you.

Almost a decade. Anyway. So he’s your boss. And don’t bring up education shit. He started in a factory at 8. They made homemade bombs and harvested organs. He doesn’t give a fck up about wash u or your hiding out post docs. Good luck.

P.s. if we’re funding a terror cell I don’t want to know. Keep it to yourself

 

[DANC]

One of the laws requires public colleges and universities to eliminate programs with low numbers of degrees averaged over a three-year period.
The cutoff is 15 graduates for a bachelor’s degree, seven for a master’s and three for a doctorate.

Based on federal data from 2023, around 200 BA, MA and PhD programs at IU Bloomington fell short. WFIU/WTIU News does not have data for degrees conferred in the two years since and IU has not commented on programs at risk.

So far, most faculty don’t know what to expect. President-elect of the Bloomington Faculty Council Heather Akou said she hasn’t heard anything from the university but that it’s “aggressively” moving to get in line with the law.

“There are going to be big changes for this university, and the pace at which this is being pushed through is not designed for positive outcomes,” she said. “I have to say that my faculty colleagues are in panic to a degree that I have never seen before.”

Most of the degrees with low numbers of recipients are in the humanities and languages. Jewish Studies, Classical Studies and multiple language departments could lose their main offerings.

From 2020 to 2022, IU Bloomington conferred more humanities doctorates than any other university in the country, according to data from Carnegie Classifications. It also ranks first for number of languages taught, for now.

New STEM programs in areas deemed critical to the state also failed to reach the threshold in 2022-23. Those included artificial intelligence, microbiology and cyber operations and warfare.

Well, we are a football school now. I mean, how many football players are studying Russian?

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

Ok Dr. so you have my number. Once you get over there ask for Ken stein.

Ken Stein?

It’s a made up name he uses to trick Americans.

What’s his real name.

I don’t know.

How long has he worked for you.

Almost a decade. Anyway. So he’s your boss. And don’t bring up education shit. He started in a factory at 8. They made homemade bombs and harvested organs. He doesn’t give a fck up about wash u or your hiding out post docs. Good luck.

P.s. if we’re funding a terror cell I don’t want to know. Keep it to yourself

I'm beginning to think you might not be the upstanding paragon of corporate culture I've come to believe.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I'm beginning to think you might not be the upstanding paragon of corporate culture I've come to believe.

We’re bottom feeders

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

We’re bottom feeders

So basically you seamlessly transferred your legal skills to the business world.

 

[mcmurtry66]

So basically you seamlessly transferred your legal skills to the business world.

Seamlessly.

Kindly permit this email to memorialize our telephone conversation of June 27, 2025 wherein you guaranteed to have shipment of xxxxx delivered on or before July 14, 2025.


Response
Hey man don’t send emails like this. They don’t mean anything to us. You’ll know it’s there when you have it

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

Seamlessly.

Kindly permit this email to memorialize our telephone conversation of June 27, 2025 wherein you guaranteed to have shipment of xxxxx delivered on or before July 14, 2025.


Response
Hey man don’t send emails like this. They don’t mean anything to us. You’ll know it’s there when you have it

Oh man I would hate to be your vendor or to have you as my vendor. No question.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Oh man I would hate to be your vendor or to have you as my vendor. No question.

My partners are lawyers. It was a huge adjustment for all of us. Businesses are nothing like firms. Businesses that are a decent size do not give a ****. They don’t return calls. They ghost you. It’s crazy

 

[mcmurtry66]

Oh man I would hate to be your vendor or to have you as my vendor. No question.

Bach degree In anything from anywhere. Straight to sell drugs. Med equipment. Benefits management. Whatever. That was the right play

 

[DANC]

Seamlessly.

Kindly permit this email to memorialize our telephone conversation of June 27, 2025 wherein you guaranteed to have shipment of xxxxx delivered on or before July 14, 2025.


Response
Hey man don’t send emails like this. They don’t mean anything to us. You’ll know it’s there when you have it

Do you use FB to advertise? I am a sucker for some of those items they sell. I just got a credit card like thing that goes in your wallet and tracks it, like the Apple tracker. But it looks exactly like a credit card.

Then I ordered some small, very thin, electric screwdriver and different drivers. Just loooked cool.

These things are always like $20 to $30 and I can just push the buy button - CC already in there. Easy peasy.

Whoever are selling these things have to be making a mint. Can you imagine how many other suckers are out there, thinking 'what the hell, I'll buy it for that much'. My wife is always wondering why I'm geting these small packages in the mail.

I am as usually skeptical of these things, but something about the ease of ordering and the coolness of some of the products get me. If I don't like them, I give them as Christmas gifts to our family's Christmas exchange.

 

[DANC]

Bach degree In anything from anywhere. Straight to sell drugs. Med equipment. Benefits management. Whatever. That was the right play

I used to laugh at guys who went into sales. They're the ones laughing now.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Do you use FB to advertise? I am a sucker for some of those items they sell. I just got a credit card like thing that goes in your wallet and tracks it, like the Apple tracker. But it looks exactly like a credit card.

Then I ordered some small, very thin, electric screwdriver and different drivers. Just loooked cool.

These things are always like $20 to $30 and I can just push the buy button - CC already in there. Easy peasy.

Whoever are selling these things have to be making a mint. Can you imagine how many other suckers are out there, thinking 'what the hell, I'll buy it for that much'. My wife is always wondering why I'm geting these small packages in the mail.

I am as usually skeptical of these things, but something about the ease of ordering and the coolness of some of the products get me. If I don't like them, I give them as Christmas gifts to our family's Christmas exchange.

Ha!! No we’re all business to business.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I used to laugh at guys who went into sales. They're the ones laughing now.

I would have been an excellent salesman

 

[BradStevens]

I would have been an excellent salesman

Yeah, you would have been good at that.

Never too late.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Yeah, you would have been good at that.

Never too

It’s what we do now. Sort of.

But different than a big co starting at 22 with perks etc and three decades in the hopper