[CatOwner]

They better cut some STEM degrees, or they’ll be riots because STEM is racist. Twenty years ago, that would be sarcasm. Now, not so much.

[grey_whiskers]

I’ll bet they’re adding a “jihad studies” department...

[Celtic Conservative]

I was in St. Cloud for my brother-in-law’s wedding some years ago (2007). There were a ton of students outside protesting the Iraq War. I rolled down my window and hollered “GET A HAIRCUT AND GET A JOB, YA GODDA*MN HIPPIES!”

My wife was pissed! And that’s one of the many reasons why she’s my ex-wife.

CC

[Obadiah]

The college scam is collapsing.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“The cuts include ending minors in ‘Ethnic Studies,’ ‘Chicano Studies,’ and ‘Asian-Pacific American Studies.’”

Forget it, Jake. It’s Minnesota. They’ll be replacing them with Mooslimb Studies, no doubt.

:( How the F can The Heartland be so messed up? The land of Ole and Lena! It’s a cryin’ SHAME, it is!

[IndispensableDestiny]

Full list:

Degree programs:

Biological Sciences, MA
Child & Family Studies: Family Studies, MS
Criminal Justice Studies, BS
Criminal Justice Studies, MS (program admissions currently frozen)
Cultural Resource Management, MS
Early Childhood Special Education, MS (program admissions currently frozen)
Earth Sciences, BA
Economics, BA
Educational Administration & Leadership, SPEC
Educational Leadership and Technology, MS
Electrical Engineering, MSEE
English Education, MS
English Studies, MA
Entrepreneurship, BS
Environmental Engineering, BS
Environmental Science, BS
Environmental Studies, BS
Gender and Women’s Studies, BA
Geography, BA
Geography: GIS, MS
Gerontology, MS
Global Studies, BA
Health & Physical Education, BS
History, MA
History, MS (program admissions currently frozen)
Hospitality and Tourism, BA
Hydrology, BS
Manufacturing Engineering, BS
Music Performance, BMUS (program admissions currently frozen)
Music Teaching, BS (K-12)
Music Therapy, BS (not launched)
Music, BA
Nuclear Medicine Technology, BS (program admissions currently frozen)
Physical Education, BS
Physics Education Grades 9-12, BS
Physics, BS
Physics/General Science Ed Gr 5-12, BS
Public Administration, MPA
Rehabilitation Counseling, MS
Sociology, BA
Spanish, BS
Writing Studies and Rhetoric, MA (program admissions currently frozen)

Minors:

African American Studies, Minor
American Indian Studies, Minor
Applied Analytics, Minor
Applied Behavior Analysis, Minor
Applied Mathematics, Minor
Arts-Entrepreneurship, Minor
Asian-Pacific American Studies, Minor
Athletic Coaching, Minor
Career/Technical Ed: Communication, Minor
Career/Technical Ed: Construction, Minor
Career/Technical Ed: Manufacturing, Minor
Career/Technical Ed: Transportation, Minor
Chicano Studies, Minor
Conflict Management, Minor (program admissions currently frozen)
Creative Writing, Minor
Criminal Justice Studies, Minor
Early Childhood Education, Minor
Economics, Minor
English Studies, Minor
Entrepreneurship for Business Majors, Minor
Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors, Minor
Environmental Studies, Minor
E-sports Broadcasting. Minor
E-sports Management for Business Majors, Minor
E-sports Management for Non-Business, Minor
Ethnic Studies, Minor
Film Production, Minor (program admissions currently frozen)
Forensic Science, Minor
Gender & Women Studies, Minor
Geography, Minor
German, Minor
Gerontology for Nurses, Minor
Gerontology, Minor
GIS, Minor
Heritage Preservation (CMTY), Minor
Hospitality & Tourism, Minor
Human Relations, Minor
Hydrology, Minor
Intercultural Communication, Minor
Linguistics, Minor
Mathematics, Minor
Middle School Mathematics, Minor
Music, minor
New Media - Music and Art, Minor
Optics, Minor
Real Estate for Business Majors, Minor
Real Estate for Non-Business Majors, Minor
Sociology, Minor
STEM Education, Minor
Teaching English as a Second Language, Minor

[NetAddicted]

Whoa! The 2025 Reckoning is already beginning! Trump2024!

[Ge0ffrey]

“The school is also cutting faculty, staff, and administrative programs.

The cuts include ending minors in “Ethnic Studies,” “Chicano Studies,” and “Asian-Pacific American Studies.”

Music, hospitality, Spanish, and sociology undergraduate degrees will also be eliminated, according to KARE 11.”

Smart!

[dljordan]

“The cuts include ending minors in “Ethnic Studies,” “Chicano Studies,” and “Asian-Pacific American Studies.”

It’ll hit the fan now.

[Ciexyz]

My sympathies to the people who have to change direction in life. The world is changing. We all have to deal with it.

[redangus]

Are the cutting out the DEI staff? If not, they are not serious.

[MV=PY]

I’m guessing the alumni donations have spoken.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Hospitality is the only degree on the list worth anything. But with the economy the way it is you are better off just getting a job at a hotel and working your way up.

[BobL]

“Roughly 60 percent of minors are also getting the boot at the public university, according to a recent announcement.”

Kind of rude to not let the youngsters at least finish their degree work.

[norwaypinesavage]

My mom got a two year “teaching certificate” from St. Cloud State in the early ‘40s. It enabled her to find a job teaching in a one room country school at a tiny town in west central Minnesota. After growing up with her sister and brother during the Depression with only a widowed mother as the family bread winner, it was the first time in her life that she had enough resources to eat properly. It was there she med my dad, and the rest is history.

[The Great RJ]

I see a lot of program majors that are dead ends for jobs. I also see many programs better addressed in technical schools than in four year universities. I have a friend who’s daughter graduated from a major private university with a degree in “Peace and Environmental Studies” and obviously couldn’t find a professional job.

[Starboard]

“The school is also cutting faculty, staff, and administrative programs.”

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Let them find out what its like to work in the real world.