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# Syracuse Cuts Classics as Universities Abandon Humanities
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/syracuse-cuts-classics-as-universities-abandon-humanities/
- Published: 2026-04-21T23:02:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-21T23:02:17.000Z
- Description: Syracuse University eliminated Classics and 92 other programs as part of a decade-long cost-cutting pattern that treats humanities departments as luxury expenses rather than institutional anchors.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, media, education

Source: [Persuasion](https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/want-to-save-the-humanities-start)

Syracuse University eliminated Classics and 92 other programs as part of a decade-long cost-cutting pattern that treats humanities departments as luxury expenses rather than institutional anchors. The move signals that even mid-tier private universities now view humanities enrollment collapse and declining donor support for non-STEM fields as structural problems requiring cuts rather than intervention. This creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: fewer programs produce fewer majors, which justifies further cuts, while the cultural authority once held by English and Classics departments transfers to media companies and tech platforms that monetize content and attention instead.