Dropping that Spanish major may be a bad idea considering the nation’s demographics.
seems the university is doing the right thing. If there is no demand for these liberal arts majors, then why offer them. Lots and lots of other schools offer degrees in English, German, Spanish etc.
What?
No more “wymyn’s studies” and advance courses on the inter-trans gendered species throughout the past 100 years?
(Where’s my safe space?)
You mean no more philosophy majors sitting around debating why Stevens Point Bock beer is the finest on earth?
Goodness, they’re dropping the Political Science major. What will the students do who want to go into law school and government careers?
Here’s what they are proposing to include:
UW-Stevens Point proposes expanding academic programs that have demonstrated value and demand in the region, including:
Chemical Engineering
Computer Information Systems
Conservation Law Enforcement
Finance
Fire Science
Graphic Design
Management
Marketing
These programs have existed as options and would expand to majors. In addition, new bachelors (or advanced) degree programs are proposed in:
Aquaculture/Aquaponics
Captive Wildlife
Ecosystem Design and Remediation
Environmental Engineering
Geographic Information Science
Master of Business Administration
Master of Natural Resources
Doctor of Physical Therapy
“I ain’t got no use for no english classes.”
Excellent idea. Now make it happen. All of the degrees proposed to be dropped are mere degrees in unemployment. By discontinuing them, the college is denying anyone the temptation of wasting their time and money which is good.
This is entirely logical. Frankly, I’m stunned.
Perhaps they should replace History and English with sharia and Arabic.
So, less majors in topics such as The History of Black Oppression in America. or White Privilege, Fact or Myth?
There is no shame in being a bonafide trade school.
May as well. The “history” they teach is actually “herstory,”
and false. The “English” they teach, is actually ebonics with a dozen or so made-up pronouns.
I like this plan. These are the areas where graduates can get jobs rather than just college debt. New majors:
Chemical Engineering
Computer Information Systems
Conservation Law Enforcement
Finance
Fire Science
Graphic Design
Management
Marketing
And at the flagship campus - recently the short tenured business school Dean stepped in it by floating the news that the MBA program would be ending. Which didn’t exactly go over well with the students presently in the program, or recent graduates, who felt their degrees were being retroactively tarnished. She ended up resigning after what seemed like only about 6 months on the job. She was probably correct in her thinking that the MBA has been oversold, and that a school with their ranking (in the low-mid 30’s) might want to get out of the business after many years of not being able to move up in rank. But the way she brought it into the public discussion was really clumsy, and the mere mention of it backfired mightily.
The idea of splitting schools into STEM programs and “other” (humanities programs) is getting a lot of attention lately, and it makes sense to me. Especially if it gets rid of programs like Women’s Studies at UW-Madison. An analysis of bad rates for federally guaranteed student loans would show that many of these pointless degree concentrations are correlated with default. If you are paying the freight, it’s no one’s business what you choose to study. If you are borrowing your way to oblivion to get a degree in “Gender Studies”, and the loans are backed by the federal taxpayer, it is our business.
Keep lowering the standards until you reach the lowest common denominator then everyone can 'earn' a college degree.
How long before they have a Social Justice Warrior major?
“Don’t know much about history.......”
Go to junior college for your basics, then take your specifics at good degree granting college. Why drop philosophy...? the newbies can’t think...they need to be trained to think...pretty soon...all you got to do is interrogate their smart phone to find out who they are...who needs their physical presence or a working brain or mouth anymore?