A spokeswoman says: "the college determined it wasn't necessary to its liberal arts mission to offer political science. 'We have interdisciplinary majors and other majors that can get you where you are going with your career aspirations...""
Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges remarked that "programs based on a core curriculum or interdisciplinary offerings designed to cover various disciplines require careful planning. 'If this period of cutting is going to continue for a while, there will need to be fresh thought on how to do that...'"
A Great Books program, which is naturally interdisciplinary, can educate students extensively and intensively in political science without requiring a separate department. And studying the Great Books can be a breath of fresh air, given the often-slanted and politicized approach in academe today.
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