It is almost inevitable that a whole bunch of academic leftists are going to be purged in the future, strictly by the forces of economics.
The university bubble is past due for popping.
It begins when a state legislator announces that the basic purpose of state funding for universities is so that graduates can get better jobs than they could otherwise.
Then he holds up a list of majors offered at those state subsidized universities. Next to each major are the number of graduates in each who are placed in that career within six months after graduation.
Several majors, like nursing, (elementary and secondary) education, criminal justice and engineering will have very high numbers of placement.
Ethnic and gender studies, and other such dreck will have zero placements.
So, that legislator will say, if these majors do not result in graduate placements, the state should not be subsidizing them in any way. They are a waste of taxpayer money.
If students want those majors in future, they must pay the full cost of those courses. And if not enough students are willing to pay for them, then they should be canceled.
The sudden flood of worthless academics back on the job market will cause a domino effect with other universities, with them booting out their radical deadwood as well.
“...more harsh than necessary grader...”
In the true Marxist tradition all of her students receive exactly the same grade.
What useful subject is she qualified to teach?
(So the left can indontrincate them properly.)
I see The Onion is still producing cutting-edge stuff...