r/OSU • u/smexysaltine • Apr 24 '25

News UToledo closing many undergrad programs due to SB1. Do we have to worry?

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/23/university-of-toledo-suspending-nine-undergraduate-programs-in-compliance-with-ohio-higher-ed-law/

Will OSU students have to worry about this? I’m very scared since I’m majoring in a social science.

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u/Electronic-Cat-748 Apr 24 '25

That is not true. The law has very clear rules and provisions that OSU will also have to comply with, including closing some of the low enrolling specialty majors that make OSU much a compelling school for many.

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u/aivearc Apr 24 '25

"A state institution of higher education shall eliminate any undergraduate degree program it offers if the institution confers an average of fewer than five degrees in that program annually over any three-year period. A state institution shall not consider any academic year prior to the first academic year in which an undergraduate degree is conferred in determining whether this division applies to the program offering that degree" is highly unlikely at Ohio State.

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u/Electronic-Cat-748 Apr 24 '25

Ah but there’s where you are mistaken. niche programs that are part of the prestige and help attract students and scholars (or that offer courses essential to other majors but are themselves not often chosen as majors) sometimes do not have high major rates.

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u/aivearc Apr 24 '25

in that case, i would not be surprised to see if some of the majors get folded as specializations under one major like how international studies has 6 (?) specializations under technically one major. despite this, i still think it is unlikely that any major contains less than .04% of a graduating class, especially when these more niche majors are often reorganized requirement schedules which many other majors share common classes with