April 16, 2019
U. of Tulsa Has a Billion-Dollar Endowment for Just 4,000 Students. Why Is It Cutting Programs?
A plan for “reimagining” the University of Tulsa (OK) that administrators rolled out last week is elaborate enough that the website describing it includes multiple infographics, videos, and a link to a frequently-asked questions page. But for many observers, the main takeaway was pretty simple: Tulsa is cutting dozens of programs. The cuts include majors, minors, and graduate offerings across the institution, but much of the resulting outcry has centered on undergraduate programs in the liberal arts.