Update on Duquesne University Press

The University has thoroughly evaluated a number of proposals and explored various options regarding the future of the Duquesne University Press. However, the persistent deficits could not be alleviated without sacrificing the high quality for which the Press has been known. Moreover, continuing the financial losses of the Press would take away funds necessary for programs that directly benefit Duquesne students and other academic programs. Therefore, keeping the Press open is not a viable option.

Additionally, we explored partnering with another publisher but that option was not financially feasible. The University is now actively pursuing other proposals to preserve some of the key titles of the University Press. Certain publications in our inventory can be digitized and made available online. For a certain group of publications where there is still demand, we will work with other publishers to allow these select titles to be published on demand. In this way, we are striving to ensure that key works will still be accessible for scholars and researchers.