Original sentence: In October 2022, Saint Petersburg State University decided to discontinue educational program "Liberal Arts and Sciences", and from 2023 admissions onward has opened a new program in "Arts and Humanities" without any key feature of liberal arts approach.Many faculty members have left the university, and some of of them initiated Smolny Beyond Borders Project.The university has refuted these claims.This has been perceived by the media as the beginning of the end of the department
Edited sentence: In October 2022, Saint Petersburg State University decided to discontinue educational program "Liberal Arts and Sciences", and from 2023 admission campaign to open a new program "Arts and Humanities" without any key feature of liberal arts approach, which is perceived by the media as the beginning of the end of the department.Many faculty members have already left the university, and a part of them initiated Smolny Beyond Borders Project.The university tries to refute these claims , but unsuccessfully