Randolph College to Cut Departments and Jobs

Financially troubled Randolph College announced more cuts last week. Over the next two years it will shut down five academic departments and lay off nine of the college’s 74 full-time faculty members, reports The News & Advance, a daily newspaper based in Lynchburg, Va. Six of nine volunteered to take early retirement, the reporter, Christa Desrets, writes.

According to a college spokeswoman, the departments of anthropology, American culture, and German studies will be eliminated at the end of this academic year; the departments of Japanese and Russian studies will close after the 2008-9 academic year, Desrets writes. Read more.