IF ONLY THERE HAD BEEN SOME SORT OF WARNING ABOUT THESE CHANGES:

You're going to hear a lot in the coming year about universities restructuring and downsizing or closing many majors or PhD programs, and while it is understandable that many people will assume this is a response to Trump or "antiwoke" pressure, you should keep in mind that we…

— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) August 13, 2025

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I think it's worth noting that U Chicago is the same school whose English Dept in 2020-21 said that they'd only accept grad students interested in BLM / Black Studies. I said at the time (see link next post) that this was the same as a department basically shutting itself down. https://t.co/hVpPnKUIUh pic.twitter.com/P9YxinwflN

— Jacob Shell (@JacobAShell) August 13, 2025