Indiana’s politically engaged have jokingly heard the term “People’s Republic of Bloomington,” while those less politically engaged may either love or hate IU basketball.

While I am not an Indiana University alum, I am very concerned by two recent developments there that are “a huge step down the road to turning a world-class university into a regional machine for turning out narrow vocational degrees,” to quote Paula M. Krebs, a 1992 IU graduate.

Our state government this year forced six Indiana public universities to cut or consolidate more than 400 academic degree programs.

This included international business at Ball State University, but the impact was disproportionately felt by IU’s 70 foreign languages (the most of any U.S. university).

More recently, the federal Department of E

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