[CheshireTheCat]

I wonder if there is a Chinese Studies department at OU. If so, maybe Kristine should ask that they be cut instead.

[Hambone 1934]

Clearly,the university is showing the crap studies that aren’t needed....

[Steve_Seattle]

Well, every cloud has its silver lining.

[2banana]

Wow. Sh!t just got real.

[Howie66]

LMAO

[captain_dave]

They could close the political science department and layoff those professors too.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The students will be better off if they drop those courses altogether.

[Responsibility2nd]

Karen SHANI'QA wants to speak to the Manager DEAN.

[RetiredTexasVet]

“... university’s custodial, groundskeeping, and maintenance departments..”

They don’t have tenure?

[KevinB]

Well, I guess that’s a silver lining to a ruined economy and trillions of dollars of additional debt.

[mikeus_maximus]

Only “essential businesses” are open under shut down orders. These are non-essential in any circumstances. Welcome to the real working world, hate-mongers— your education was a waste of time.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

All the ones who advocated for the extreme lock down measures. What goes around, comes around.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Criticized?

I’d be applauding them.

People should send in their gratitude that these fake studies are getting blowback.

[Osage Orange]

Yeah..heart sick..and butt hurt.

Welcome to real life//

[Lurkinanloomin]

More, please.......

[GreenLanternCorps]

...and nothing of value was lost.

On a more serious note, the assorted studies majors tend to be academically week, with not much emphasis on empirical facts. They are activism masquerading as education. If you have to cut a department, better these than others.

[CTrent1564]

Grievance majors are nonsense, they have their own bureaucratic structure. It starts with a Diversity Position in University ADMIN pushing for These type programs. Colleges then start offering these courses which then demands a Department, which now has a Department Head, which then has Faculty and Instructors in said Department. As more and more grievance degrees are started, the University ADMIN Diversity Officer has his or her fiefdom grow, as their Unit has Assistant Directors for each PC group, Gays, Lesbians, Transgenders, Woman’s studies, Black Studies, Hispanic studies, and any other group blessed by the University Diversity ADMIN.

These types of situations are all over US Higher ED. Students go to expensive colleges and get advised into these majors (negligence), get strapped with tons of debt and leave the University with a skill set to get on Twitter and make rants, nothing productive for society.

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Women, minorities most affected.

[doorgunner69]

Good start

[rfp1234]

Winning.

[PrincessB]

According to other articles, the University sent out notices that contracts weren’t going to be renewed for non-tenure track and some tenure-track positions where someone doesn’t have tenure yet. This is SOP for a University when dealing with budget cuts. Surprised there were only three.