I live in a college town. From what I can see, anybody can get a PhD in a “woke” field. The only prerequisite is being willing to bury yourself in the requisite amount of “student loan” debt.
Students are just dollar signs to universities.
I know I live in a college town also.
In the town I live in the university is jumping on the eSports bandwagon. Will now give a ‘minor’ in it (In a few years it will be a ‘major’!) and look to sponsor an eSports team. Recruit and produce tuition paying couch potatoes, all about the Benjamin’s !