The Catholic University of America in Washington will look into consolidating some academic departments, as part of a recently announced effort to address a $30 million budget deficit.
In a Jan. 17 email to the university community, Aaron Dominguez, the university’s executive vice president and provost, said that “three main changes” to academic operations have been proposed.
Affected areas of study include the performing arts, social service, nursing and art.
President Peter Kilpatrick wrote in a Dec. 6 email to alumni that the university had to seek “both budget cuts and revenue growth” to counter the deficit, citing a number of challenges in the nation’s higher education landscape.
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