Texas will proceed with a plan to phase out up to half of the state’s college physics programs unless the programs improve graduation rates.
The standard is pretty simple: If the undergraduate programs do no graduate at least 25 students every five years, they will be cut. The state has 24 undergraduate programs at public institutions.
“Until now, most faculty members thought their role was to do research and teach courses they were assigned,” Michael Marder, a physicist at the University of Texas at Austin told UPI. “Now, researchers at institutions in Texas are going to have to take responsibility for students graduating successfully.”
[UPI]
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