AAUP Bloomington Condemns Indiana University Over Cuts to 249 Academic Programs in Press Release

The following was shared with the Bloomingtonian:

Statement from the AAUP Bloomington Executive Committee on the Voluntary
Elimination, Suspending, or Merging of 249 degree programs by the IU administration.
July 3, 2025

As elected leaders of an organization on the IUB campus that continues to uphold
academic freedom and shared governance as its basic mission;
As an organization on the IUB campus that still embraces the mission to uphold
professional values and standards and promote the economic security for faculty in
higher education;

We condemn the voluntary elimination, suspension, or merger of 249 degree programs
across the IU system by the IU administration.
We condemn the disregard by the upper administration of the views and expertise of
chairs, elected faculty councils, elected policy committees, and individual faculty in
making these cuts, which will have profound negative consequences well beyond the
individual units affected.
We condemn the continued lack of transparency in communicating with the faculty any
details of these voluntary cuts.
We condemn the complete disregard by the upper administration for the impact these
cuts are already having on our students and alumni.
We condemn the abandonment of the mission of our university to enable students to
become well-rounded citizens, with skills that prepare them for career paths, as well as
living in an increasingly complex world.

We demand that the Indiana University administration immediately rescind the
volunteered list of 249 programs for elimination, suspension, or merger, until such time
as each affected department or program can deliberate and vote on the future of its
degrees and that Indiana University administration openly urge the Indiana state
government to rescind these new legal requirements that were added to the budget bill
with little opportunity for public input.

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