One of oldest women’s studies departments
in U.S. on chopping block
College Fix,
by
Samantha Swenson
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
6/30/2024 10:16:43 PM
Wichita State University is closing its women’s studies department, one of the oldest in the country, due to continuously low student interest.
The Department of Women, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies will be dissolved and its degree program will be merged with the English Department, according to an action plan approved earlier this month by the Kansas Board of Regents.
“As part of the Board’s academic program review process, this year the six state universities in Kansas collectively looked at 31 programs that didn’t meet at least three of four metrics related to enrollment, graduation, employment and earnings,” regents spokesperson Matt Keith said.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
birmingham 6/30/2024 10:29:15 PM (No. 1747011)
Exactly what job would be waiting for a woman’s studies major after graduation? I’m at a loss.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bamapreacher 6/30/2024 10:31:26 PM (No. 1747012)
I would be willing to bet that most of the students who majored in anything that ended with the word "studies" are ones who have never paid off much if any student debt because they don't make enough.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Omen55 6/30/2024 10:48:23 PM (No. 1747022)
Well #1 where do you think most of those DEIs came from?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
SALady 6/30/2024 11:10:50 PM (No. 1747027)
#1, I am pretty sure the words "would you like fries with that" is a huge part of your answer!!!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Californian 6/30/2024 11:12:02 PM (No. 1747030)
#1, Front desk admin, assistant to the assistant, only fans model.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bamboozle 6/30/2024 11:58:14 PM (No. 1747040)
I wonder how many of their students are named Karen?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
snakeoil 7/1/2024 12:38:55 AM (No. 1747042)
What happened to Home Economics? I asked one of my nieces why she minored in Women Studies. She said all you had to do to get an A was go to class and smile.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Italiano 7/1/2024 12:48:31 AM (No. 1747043)
If this keeps up, an entire generation of young women may be salvageable.
Black and LGB(arf) studies will be much more problematic, but they're probably a lost cause anyway
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 7/1/2024 12:56:19 AM (No. 1747045)
ALL "women's studies" and "black studies" and whatever tribal subgroup "studies" departments are just fostering hate and Balkanizing the country.
End them all. American studies is what there should be.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 7/1/2024 12:59:20 AM (No. 1747049)
#1 - If they're lucky they can be a Women's Studies professor in some other podunk college somewhere. Or if they're really lucky, as #3 stated, they land one of those corporate DEI jobs and get to oppress men professionally for the big bucks.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 7/1/2024 1:17:00 AM (No. 1747063)
Pardon the second post...hit enter too soon.
This is really good news. The article mentions that other "special studies" majors, such as Chicano Studies, are also on the chopping block. These niche ethnic, sex or sexual orientation "studies" programs are all part and parcel of the Marxist planned Balkanization and destruction of American society. They've been around for decades yet they still only attract a very small number of students, and I'll wager most of them are probably on some type of scholarship, public dole, or future student loan default. These programs offer no intrinsic value to society in either providing service or knowledge. Now that money is tight, even lefty universities can no longer afford to fund their divisive nonsense. At least we have something to thank Joe Biden for tanking the economy. He's even made Marxism unaffordable!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Trigger2 7/1/2024 1:57:44 AM (No. 1747071)
A graduate of this program means a poverty life.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/1/2024 2:09:07 AM (No. 1747075)
Don't worry, there's plenty of jobs out there for people with PhD's in Women's Studies, and it's right up there with Plumber and Electrician, or so I've been told. /s
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
JackBurton 7/1/2024 6:45:42 AM (No. 1747119)
I majored in English. Love literature and was totally enthralled by poetry and the themes of Truth and Beauty and discovery in the language.
Imagine that poor English Department when the swarm of termagants arrives.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Hazymac 7/1/2024 7:27:56 AM (No. 1747140)
Here's another English major. My father wasn't pleased to learn that I had majored in English. (Vanderbilt University had an excellent English department.) He would have preferred business administration or engineering for me--something that would lead to a well remunerated career. However, I had made the right choice for myself because I love literature and poetry, and have been an inveterate reader since childhood. Where would a degree in English lead me? I did what all English majors should do: I turned pro and headed to the golf course. That was the proper decision for me, too.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
skacmar 7/1/2024 7:48:14 AM (No. 1747154)
Women's Studies major is a great stepping stone to becoming a professional Hamas protesters, ANTIFA protester, LGBTQ activist, or pro abortion activist. Such great, secure, well paying employment options offering all of the flexibility that today's younger generation demands.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mobyclik 7/1/2024 7:52:18 AM (No. 1747157)
They absolutely should drop ''Women Studies.'' why? It seems after studying all this women stuff, they can't even describe what a woman is! How do they explain that?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/1/2024 7:59:39 AM (No. 1747160)
Low student interest and even lower employer interest. What are the students going to do who can't hack math and science and are still reading at an eighth grade level? I know, they could study the climate or just party for four years like all of the other kids do before learning how to flip burgers.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zoidberg 7/1/2024 9:05:29 AM (No. 1747198)
Those who major in Grievance Studies (meaning Women's, Black, Queer, etc.) are the ones who get jobs as DEI consultants. Or at Starbucks.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rather Read 7/1/2024 9:08:05 AM (No. 1747199)
I'm interested in history - all kinds of history. I study it on my own since if I studied women's history, all I would get is leftism. I will bet any amount of money that if you go to a campus and ask any student who the first woman justice of the Supreme Court was, they'd say Ruth Ginsberg. Sandra Day O'Connor? Who's that?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
mossley 7/1/2024 10:28:42 AM (No. 1747255)
I've long thought that student aid should be tied to the job market. Stop funding majors that will never lead to gainful employment. We need STEM majors, not programs that promote perpetual victimhood.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
m1n0uche19 7/1/2024 10:38:23 AM (No. 1747261)
This is an outrage!! Who now will be training our baristas of the future!!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
red1066 7/1/2024 11:14:59 AM (No. 1747288)
After all these years, I'm still trying to figure out exactly what women's studies is. What exactly needs to be studied, and what does one do after getting a degree in Women's Studies? Is it the same degree as a degree in navel gazing?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
JimBob 7/1/2024 11:22:07 AM (No. 1747295)
Good news, and SO MANY good replies!
However, I have a few quibbles.
#5, I have never been on OnlyFans, but I get the impression it is a site where females who believe they are attractive pose in scanty attire hoping to attract 'clicks'. Would a typical 'Women's Studies' graduate get any clicks?
#13, I ask that you don't insult plumbers and electricians. They work hard, build and repair vital systems, and a lot of them make pretty good money doing it. Just the opposite of the 'Gender Studies' profile... most of whom do not know which end of a screwdriver you hold and which end engages the screw.
What did ex-tip-stealing barista AOC (a.k.a. 'Sandy from the Bronx' -who actually had rather wealthy parents) study? I thought it was economics..... but apparently she didn't absorb much practical knowledge during her time in class.
Agree that the government should not subsidize these useless degrees. The more the government provides 'aid', the more the universities raise their prices, and the more that taxpayers have to shell out so as to fund the whole corrupt system. I have the strong impression that the whole system of 'useless degrees' got its start with Vietnam War draft-dodgers (like the Horndog) enrolling in some very easy program not to get an education, but to avoid the draft. As for the less radical females, I think that many of them were looking for an 'MRS' degree. As for the real radicals, I have no idea. Whatever thoughts run through their skulls is totally foreign to me.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
formerNYer 7/1/2024 5:28:04 PM (No. 1747609)
#1 you become a D'Rat operative or a "journalist" for aone of the left wing "news" orgs.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Hazymac 7/1/2024 6:59:09 PM (No. 1747663)
Everyone should like what #24 writes. Indeed, plumbers, electricians, and the like should never be disparaged. Keith Richards said that he would be a terrible plumber because the only thing he knew how to do was play the guitar. If he needs a plumber, he will call a plumber, not try to do it himself. Smart fellow. That's among the reasons why he's known to his fans as Kief. He is the Kief!
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