Physical Education eliminated If I were a student, I'd be disappointed. My flag football class with Mark Johnson was just about the highlight of senior year.
This is a weird move from a purely philosophical side of things to me, because just a few years ago the university was really buying in to the "provide services that create well-rounded students" strategy. Although at the same time, there was also a push to make it more data-driven, which makes me wonder if the "numbers" (GPA and retention outcomes) didn't look that good for PE classes somehow.
I'd further speculate that the school may have been aware of and even concerned about the fact that some PE classes were so competitive that all spots would be grabbed on the first day of registration by honors students, RAs, seniors, etc. (Or even exchanged or sold.) But that's a university-wide problem, not a funding problem IMO.