The College’s Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP) decided against hiring an Italian professor for the 2025–26 academic year, effectively rendering students unable to study Italian at the College. The decision prompted outcry from several students currently or previously enrolled in Italian courses, who will now have to enroll in an Italian course at MCLA through the Williams/Bennington/MCLA Cross-Enrollment Program if they would like to continue their study of the language.

In an email to the Record, Dean of the Faculty and Chair of CAP Lara Shore-Sheppard explained that the group came to the conclusion through its standard process for evaluating all departments’ position requests.