The HSU Administration Decides

In spite of overwhelming faculty and student support for retaining the German major at HSU, in spite of there being credible analysis that terminating the German major can be expected to cost the institution money rather than save money and in spite of the acknowledged value of the program, the HSU Administration has decided to terminate the German major.

German Termination Analysis

It appears that the only concern by the HSU administration is that of saving money. There is no question of the value of the German program nor is there any question of the quality of teaching in the program. The original termination proposal of last spring had an expectation that some $170,000 per year would be saved. My analysis shows that it would either cost HSU $12,005 or save $7,250 per year depending on the details of the termination scenario. This is a far cry from the original expectation of savings. It seems to me that the proposal should be withdrawn.