{"id":322075,"date":"2026-11-06T01:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/322075\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T01:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T01:10:09","slug":"albright-college-students-protest-plans-to-phase-out-some-majors-including-holocaust-studies-painting-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/322075\/","title":{"rendered":"Albright College students protest plans to phase out some majors, including Holocaust studies, painting | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. \u2014 Outside Albright College, students took their concerns to the sidewalk. Inside the classroom, they\u2019re worried about what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to know the truth about what\u2019s going on with our school and our education,\u201d said sophomore Rylie Rice, a theater and vocal performance major.<\/p>\n<p>Albright says some majors will be phased out starting next school year. Other subjects will remain as minors or individual courses.<\/p>\n<p>To explain its decision, the college points to low enrollment, changing student interests and the need to keep programs affordable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColleges and universities across the country are facing similar decisions as enrollment patterns shift, operating costs rise and expectations for graduate outcomes increase,\u201d the college said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1793752733\/albrightedu\/xgygnz1j8nlm9e9hjv5y\/CurriculumProgramListNovember22026FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Impacted majors and minors<\/a> include classical studies, digital communications, Holocaust studies, painting, public health and others.<\/p>\n<p>Rice and Bee Gambino, a fashion design and merchandising major, both attended a Thursday protest about the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally there\u2019s just been so much lack of transparency,\u201d Gambino said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told us that we could finish out [and] graduate if we keep our majors,\u201d Rice said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not worth it for me if I can\u2019t have the same professors and the same opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a news release, the college said students enrolled in affected programs will be able to finish those programs and receive their degrees.<\/p>\n<p>But Rice encouraged others to keep speaking out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think people should keep fighting, sign the petition,\u201d Rice said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to try to silence us. But we cannot be silenced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nCopyright 2026 Maranatha Broadcasting Co., Inc.. All Rights Reserved.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. \u2014 Outside Albright College, students took their concerns to the sidewalk. Inside the classroom, they\u2019re worried&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12959,130622,4346,130621,130623,130620,48804,52590,128,130,129,130619,5511],"class_list":["post-322075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-albright-college","tag-curriculum-change","tag-higher-education","tag-holocaust-studies","tag-low-enrollment","tag-major-phase-out","tag-painting","tag-petition","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-student-protest","tag-transparency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}