Syracuse University said it will eliminate 93 academic programs, including 41 bachelor’s degrees, 33 certificates and 19 graduate programs, affecting just 258 students, or about 1.2% of its roughly 22,000 enrollment. The provost said the cuts are meant to make offerings “more focused, more distinctive” and aligned with student demand, not driven by financial distress. Case Western Reserve, meanwhile, is not the only campus facing pressure to align academic inventories with market signals. Syracuse said deans and faculty reviewed programs for quality, demand and mission fit, with more than half of the eliminated programs having no enrolled students. Students will be able to complete degrees, and Syracuse framed the decision as part of a broader academic portfolio redesign ahead of a leadership transition.