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Should Colleges Replace or Enhance Unpopular Majors?

Should Colleges Let Ailing Majors Die or Revamp Them? 3
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Assumption College is doing the former; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the latter. Idea Lab looks at why, how, and what’s at stake.

Morgan Wessel (center) is a sophomore in the combined computer science and linguistics program at the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 
The major was developed in part by Leonard Pitt (left), a computer scientist at Illinois, and Roxana Girju (right), a linguist there.
Curriculum
Should Colleges Let Ailing Majors Die or Revamp Them?
By Bianca Quilantan
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has combined liberal-arts majors with computer science, while Assumption College has cut shrinking majors as it gambles on new career-focused programs.
The Review
It’s Time to End College Majors as We Know Them
By Jeffrey J. Selingo
The taxonomy of academic majors that broadened significantly over the past hundred years can no longer keep pace with the churn of knowledge needed to compete in nearly every profession.