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Noon Wednesday with guest Nerissa Nelson
Clip: Season 1700 Episode 1745 | 14m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
UW-Stevens Point said it won't be cutting majors after all, but problems still remain.
After a year and a half of turbulence, UW-Stevens Point has pulled back from a plan to cut liberal arts majors and tenured faculty positions. But professor and librarian Nerissa Nelson is cautious about celebrating this fact too quickly. She argues that the process has caused distrust and the solution came at too great a great cost.
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Noon Wednesday with guest Nerissa Nelson
Clip: Season 1700 Episode 1745 | 14m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
After a year and a half of turbulence, UW-Stevens Point has pulled back from a plan to cut liberal arts majors and tenured faculty positions. But professor and librarian Nerissa Nelson is cautious about celebrating this fact too quickly. She argues that the process has caused distrust and the solution came at too great a great cost.
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