Due to budget concerns, North Dakota State University is scaling down from seven academic colleges to five. NDSU Vice President of Agricultural Affairs Greg Lardy says the merger plan has little impact the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources. One change is the elimination of the ag systems management major. “Unfortunately, as we looked at enrollment and needing to make some changes here, we decided to phase it out over time,” said Lardy. “Enrollment in that major has declined substantially over the last several years.” Over the last six years, enrollment in the agriculture college declined from 1,600 students to 1,000. Three departments within the ag college are being affected by the budget cuts; plant sciences, agribusiness and applied economics. “With this budget cut, we’re making some decisions that are very painful and will affect a number of faculty and staff but we need to get our teaching resources in line with enrollment.”
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