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From http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/03/ut-may-drop-italian-russian-as-majors

UT may drop Italian, Russian as majors
It's one suggestion being considered to cut budget
By Chloe White Kennedy
May 3, 2010

University of Tennessee students who want to major exclusively in Russian or Italian may not have the option, if a proposal to discontinue both majors is approved.

The recommendation is one of the options officials are examining as the campus prepares for a $54 million - or 30 percent - budget reduction when federal stimulus funding expires in June 2011.

Officials stress the university will continue to offer classes and minors in both programs, but if the recommendation is approved, students would not be able to pursue a freestanding major in those languages, which are offered through the UT College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Read the full article at http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/03/ut-may-drop-italian-russian-as-majors
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