It probably has something to do with academic topics they find useless since it is so obviously easy now to twirl government around their fingers with diversity, inclusion, exclusion (of hurtful things that might upset them), understanding, feeling and compassion for those things not conservative.
In truth it is the act of maintaining constant influence and control. They’d simply rather get the degree after a few cush classes and then move off to some elite liberal job judging and punishing others they disdain, all the while enjoying their unfettered and well funded lifestyles which they deserve simply because they are better than everyone else....they ‘feel’.
Very upsetting to read for someone who is a Columbia College alum educated on great books of Western Canon. However, to put things in perspective, these debates happen every year, and Core Curriculum is still there. This is going to be a generation-long struggle, and I am doing my part in defending the Core (all my alum contributions are designated to go to the Core, and I speak most highly of it during the admissions interviews I get to conduct as an alum; no kid who spews nonsense about Dead White Males would get a pass from me). I would not write off Columbia students though...