When is a university not a university?

Some readers may by now have heard about what is happening at the University of St. Thomas [UST] in Houston, where the university president’s actions have put the philosophy faculty in fear for their jobs and for the survival of their program.  Details are available at Daily Nous (with a follow-up here) and at Inside Higher Ed.  Philosophers at the University of Notre Dame have issued a statement on the controversy.  John Hittinger at the University of St. Thomas has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a legal defense.

I have nothing to state but the obvious:  A university without a philosophy program is not a true university.  A Catholic university without a philosophy program is not a truly Catholic university.  A university named after St. Thomas Aquinas without a philosophy program is too stupid for words.  And if you really need all this explained to you, then you have no business running a university.