USA: Budget Crisis Prompts Berkeley to Halve Its Offerings in East Asian Studies

The California budget crisis has taken a toll on the University of California at Berkeley’s department of East Asian languages and cultures, which has announced that this fall it will eliminate classes for 1,500 students to make up for an unexpected financial shortfall.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Last man standing

All his staff have been made redundant, leaving the head of East Asian studies alone in his office. Matthew Killeya reports

Tuesday, 25th September 2007
The Guardian