My daughter is interested in UW-Eau Claire, and we are scheduled to visit the campus next month.
We are residents of Illinois.
D likes that the campus and student body is small, but not too small, and seems to encourage interdisciplinary studies via double-majors/major with minor requirement... She will be undecided, but is interested in Spanish, History or Geography as a major at UWEC, with maybe a minor in Language Studies or Anthropology (cannot major in Anthro at UWEC, apparently.)
My concern is that, when I researched info about the school, I read article after article about big budget cuts to the campus.
How will these cuts affect class size and availability of classes?
It seems that most of the cuts will be in administration, but how will that trickle down to affect the students and course/major selection?
I know there are budget cuts at almost all public universities - here in Illinois, too. But the fact that UWEC is already a smaller campus with already limited options for majors makes me nervous.
Or, will this, honestly, not be a huge change for the students? Is this something we should be concerned about?
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