{"id":53908,"date":"2024-02-26T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53908"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:18:44","slug":"what-our-college-students-are-studying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53908","title":{"rendered":"What Our College Students Are Studying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/north_carolina_drops_stem_departments_keeps_politically_correct_ones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The American Thinker<\/a> reported that the University of North Carolina has decided to cut many areas of their curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>One of the schools in the UNC system, UNC-Greensboro, is in the news these days because of a decision by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestcolleges.com\/news\/unc-greensboro-cuts-undergraduate-graduate-programs\/\">Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam Jr.<\/a>\u00a0to cut undergraduate and\/or graduate programs in physics, mathematics, computer science, anthropology and nursing, citing \u201cuniversity direction, enrollment patterns, prioritizing faculty time and expertise, and growth opportunities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Reaction to the decision to cancel STEM was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carolinianuncg.com\/2024\/02\/06\/unc-greensboro-chancellor-announces-apr-decisions-amid-continued-controversy\/\">swift<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Charles Bolton resigned in protest of the cuts and the way Gilliam handled communication.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Slated for elimination are undergraduate programs in<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geography (just Google everything, right?),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthropology (that\u2019s about, you know, old stuff), and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Physics (Newton and Einstein are dead white males),<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>as well as graduate programs in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nursing (hospitals and doctors might disagree),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Geography (of course),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mathematics (WaPo\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/end_math_requirements_says_washington_post_opinion_editor.html\">Travis Meier<\/a>\u00a0is applauding this one), and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Computational mathematics (calculators from Walmart will do the trick.)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the courses that remain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>African-American and African Diaspora Studies (cutting them would lead to \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d Antifa\/BLM demonstrations),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Media Studies (better to help Democrats win elections),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication Studies (\u201cfailure to communicate\u201d caused problems in\u00a0<em>Cool Hand Luke<\/em>),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Peace and Conflict Studies (to help Hamas, Hezbollah &#8230; um, negotiate),<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies (of course), and, your favorite and mine,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuition at UNC Chapel Hill is $8,989 for North Carolina residents and $37,550 for out-of-state students. Admittedly that&#8217;s a deal if you are a North Carolina resident, but do you really want to pay that much for a degree that probably isn&#8217;t marketable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, The American Thinker reported that the University of North Carolina has decided to cut many areas of their curriculum. 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