“A university is a community of scholars. It is not a kindergarten; it is not a club; it is not a reform school; it is not a political party; it is not an agency of propaganda. A university is a community of scholars.”
Dear Reader,
We write to you as members of the University of Chicago community. Our commitment to open inquiry and rigorous debate compels us to speak plainly about the responsibilities the University has abandoned with its recent restructuring initiatives.
In recent months, the University has undertaken sweeping restructuring initiatives within the Social Sciences Division (SSD) and the Division of the Arts & Humanities (AHD) that would allow them to redirect funds previously allocated to those divisions.1 On June 14th, the Divisional Organization Committee—composed of AHD faculty—was directed to come up with proposals for consolidating sixteen humanities and arts departments into eight, eliminating any department with fewer than fifteen tenured or tenure-track professors. This criterion would all but dismantle the area studies departments. At the same time, the University directed the Languages Working Group, also consisting of instructors and faculty in AHD, to propose a minimum number of students required for any language class to run, and even the wholesale elimination of certain languages within the division. As for SSD, Dean Woodward has announced her intention to subject non-departmental centers and committees (such as the Pozen Center for Human Rights) to review, with a view to eliminating some and reducing the funding of others.
Alongside the divisional restructuring initiatives, Ph.D. admissions across all the humanities departments except Music Composition and Philosophy have been frozen for the upcoming application cycle, with several social sciences departments (including the Committee on Social Thought and Anthropology), also instructed to do the same.
The administration wants us to believe these changes stem from federal budget cuts—a convenient distraction from the debt generated by years of financial mismanagement.23 We urge readers to consult the articles linked below, which lay bare the true scope of the problem.4567 The Board of Trustees using the Trump administration’s budgetary moves as cover to unilaterally push through long-desired restructuring is not only dishonest—it is a betrayal of its commitments to the intellectual community that supports it.8
The timing of these decisions is no accident. They were made in the summer, when faculty and students are dispersed, ensuring that the community is less able to respond or organize. This is an intentional tactic to suppress opposition.
The attack on area studies is, at its core, an attack on the study and support of minority groups. Instructing faculty to “identify languages we no longer need to teach” imposes a hierarchy of value, implying that some languages—and, by extension, the cultures they represent—are less worthy of preservation or study. Many of the departments slated for merger or dissolution are precisely those dedicated to minority-focused scholarship. The departments whose Ph.D. admissions have been frozen are those where language study is essential, and cutting language classes that don’t meet a certain threshold of students will disproportionately harm minority studies, which tend to have lower enrollments.
These moves betray the University’s stated commitment to global perspectives and diversity in scholarship. They are an affront to students and parents who pay private-school-level tuition expecting small, specialized classes—precisely the courses now targeted for elimination. The planned increase in undergraduate enrollment without a corresponding expansion of faculty will only accelerate the erosion of academic quality.
If this restructuring proceeds, the University’s top humanities and social sciences faculty will have every incentive to leave for institutions that value their work. The resulting loss of established and accomplished scholars will be irreversible.
The Board of Trustees is demonstrating a profound misunderstanding of what the University of Chicago stands for and why it is valued. We will not accept a vision of the University that sacrifices intellectual breadth and rigor for financial expediency. Below are our demands to the University:
No department mergers or dissolutions.
The University must immediately halt any plans to consolidate or eliminate departments and centers, particularly those in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, which are integral to our intellectual mission and diversity of scholarship.
No pauses in doctoral admissions.
Ph.D. admissions must remain open across all departments. Freezing admissions undermines the continuity of research, damages department reputations, and drives prospective scholars to competing institutions.
Preservation of language studies.
All language programs, regardless of enrollment size, must be protected.
Transparency about the financial situation of the University.
The administration must provide the University community with a full, publicly accessible accounting of its finances, including debt levels, spending priorities, and the decision-making process behind budgetary changes.
No administrative changes without committee review.
Any restructuring proposals must be vetted and approved by elected faculty committees.
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