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UT Dissolves Four Historic Departments | Texas News
UT Austin shocks the academic world by dissolving four historic departments—Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, and American Studies—merging them into a new Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. Faculty and students fear the move erodes specialized research, course offerings, and community ties forged over decades, while university leadership claims no cuts are being made. With roots in 1960s student activism and deep ties to Texas communities, these departments once shaped policy and scholarship on race…
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