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[chasovschik]

The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed dropping 13 majors in the humanities and social sciences — including English, philosophy, history, sociology and Spanish — while adding programs with “clear career pathways” as a way to address declining enrollment and a multimillion-dollar deficit.

Здравый смысл в университете, поразительно по нынешним временам. Интересно, нет ли тут какой причинно-следственной связи с тем геноцидом, который тамошний губернатор Уокер устроил пару лет назад университетской публике.

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[chasovschik.livejournal.com]

Насколько я понимаю, речь идет о государственных субсидиях университетам, а не студентам. Там картинка выглядит несколько иначе (https://www.air.org/news/press-release/taxpayer-subsidies-most-colleges-and-universities-average-between-8000-more):

Taxpayer subsidies that cover the operating costs of most colleges and universities ranges from around $8,000 to more than $100,000 for each bachelor’s degree awarded, with most public institutions averaging more than $60,000 per degree, according to an analysis by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Nexus Research and Policy Center (Nexus).

И все эти деньги come with strings attached.

[tandem-bike.livejournal.com]

OH, i misunderstood.

[tandem-bike.livejournal.com]

yet, point 1 is presumably what drives it?

1. Taxpayers benefit from the higher income taxes paid on the higher salaries earned by college graduates, ranging from $50,000 in additional taxes paid over the work life of a graduate from a less selective not-for-profit institution to almost $150,000 in additional income taxes paid over the work life of a graduate from the most selective not-for-profits.

2. Taxpayers subsidize the education that students receive in most colleges and universities. Each student earning a bachelor’s degree at a public college or university accounts for more than $60,000 in subsidies to the institutions.
Among open admission and less selective schools, taxpayers – on average – paid almost $8,000 per student at not-for-profit institutions.

The subsidies increase dramatically among the most selective institutions, from almost $60,000 in not-for-profit institutions to nearly $110,000 in the most selective public institutions.

[chasovschik.livejournal.com]

Что там presumably what drives it, вопрос достаточно теоретический. Интереснее, что из этого получается на практике. Недавний пример - обамовский департамент образования, тамошний офис по гражданским правам, Title IX, письмо Dear Colleague (https://www2.ed.gov/print/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201104.html) и моральная паника про изнасилования в университетах.

[tandem-bike.livejournal.com]

ZASKOKI were always in place. i was witness to the emergence of gender studies and various ethnic studies and majors BEYOND classic "Near-Eastern studies major", which usually meant a combination of a difficult language or two, anthropology, history, economics or/and literature.

you see ( you probably know it and i am being obvious) - "african-american studies" also long existed as a perfectly academic subdivision of several majors - again, economics, sociology, english, history, even statistics. people created "interdisciplinary" thesis committees. it worked JUST FINE.

separating gender studies and minority studies into different departments - completely de-academified them. ther could be like a "program" with no faculty but a coordinator/advisor to help potential students create their own course of study WITHIN the academic network. instead, full departments were fomented. this was a bIG MISTAKE, since these, i repeat myself were no longer academic, but political.

once this ZASKOK was effected, it is hard to pull back and cancel ti - too many people are invested into it with their careers and depend on it for salary and other perks. howeve,r eventually it will occur naturally, as students will vote with their feet - those departments will be depleted of students. it is already happening, BTW.