This is the 199th podcast episode of This Week in College Viability.

Here are the top stories and commentary for this week.

+ Are higher education podcasters moving the needle.
+ Playing taps at Dallas Baptist University
+ Accreditors form leadership roundtable to figure things out

+ Cutting majors, majors, and more majors. Which ones survive?

+ The Hampshire ‘train wreck’ that didn’t have to happen

+ Stocker quote: “Hope is a subset of delusion.”

Show notes and links:

Dallas Baptist University plays Taps at 7:00 p.m. for each home game.

UTA (Arlington) to cut, merge some academic programs to 'maintain fiscal responsibility'

Bowie State University (MD) to Eliminate 79 Positions Amid $18 Million Budget Shortfall

Ryan Hofer's  Substack Debt by Natural Causes   Cost v. Income report

Statement from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)

Council for Higher Education Accreditation announced they are forming an "Accreditor Leadership Roundtable."

‘A train wreck’: Hampshire faculty, staff left with no jobs, no severance as college prepares for closure

2026 College Majors Completion app for Academic Leaders  ($199)