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Today — 2 April 2026Main stream

At Syracuse, Classics, Ceramics and Italian Out as Majors in Overhaul

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Sharon Otterman
2 April 2026 at 03:12
In all, 93 of the 460 academic programs at the university will be closed or paused. No students were majoring in 55 of the programs that are ending.

© Mike Groll/Associated Press

Even though Syracuse University is eliminating or halting enrollment in 20 degree programs, coursework in those subjects will continue.
Before yesterdayMain stream

How a Civics School With a Conservative Bent Divided Its Supporters

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Stephanie Saul and Cornell Watson
30 March 2026 at 17:00
A University of North Carolina program was intended to promote civil discourse and ideological diversity. Some of its early conservative supporters say it is doing the opposite.

© Cornell Watson for The New York Times

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill opened a new school focused on civics two years ago. It has drawn controversy almost since the beginning.
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