Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer
I thought I couldn’t be more disappointed in FIU than I am now, but the termination of one of our school’s biggest international tourism programs hits close to home.
It was announced by an FIU official that the university is working to terminate student programs in China, which include the Marriott Tianjin China Program underneath the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism.
As it turns out, WLRN revealed that after not receiving a response from FIU about the state of the program, FIU deleted the program’s website – that seems like an answer enough.
It’s one thing to shut down a program, it’s another to do it without a formal explanation to anyone. The university should be transparent with any of its academic decisions that affect its students and staff.
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