September 14, 2009
Pa. State System Considers Consolidating Programs Amid Financial Squeeze
Chuck Zovko for The Chronicle
Martin Weatherston, chairman of philosophy at East Stroudsburg U. of Pennsylvania, defends the department, which has had few students as majors: “If you eliminate philosophy from an institution, you may as well take away the word ‘university’ and use the word ‘college.’”
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Chuck Zovko for The Chronicle
Martin Weatherston, chairman of philosophy at East Stroudsburg U. of Pennsylvania, defends the department, which has had few students as majors: “If you eliminate philosophy from an institution, you may as well take away the word ‘university’ and use the word ‘college.’”
The philosophy department at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania has five full-time faculty members, even though few students there major in the field.
In fact, just one student graduated from that university with a degree in philosophy in 2008, according to data from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, which includes East Stroudsburg among its 14 institutions. Three other universities in the system—Clarion, Mansfield, and Slippery Rock—each also
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