Financial strain forced Lane Community College leaders to propose eliminating roughly 20 positions and suspending two programs to close a projected $4.2 million shortfall for fiscal 2027. The college’s plan focuses cuts in operations and some student services while trying to preserve core career pathways; trustees will vote on the budget in coming months. Across the Atlantic, the University of Leicester announced it will stop admitting new students to film studies and modern languages after a strategic review, rescinding offers and planning teach‑outs for enrolled students. The University and College Union warned the move will shrink humanities access locally and may prompt industrial action. Both cases reflect a sector‑wide squeeze: declining enrollments in specific majors and pressure on operating margins are triggering program rationalizations that require careful teach‑out planning, accreditor approvals and sustained communication with prospective and current students.