Florida State University Cancels ‘Race and Gender’ Course After Only Two Students Enroll
“During registration and leading up to the start of the semester, classes may be canceled for different reasons, including instructor availability or low enrollment.”
Are students finally getting bored with woke academics? Is this the beginning of a trend?
The College Fix reports:
Florida State U. drops ‘race, gender’ course after only 2 students enroll
Too few Florida State University students expressed interest in learning about “race, class and gender” this fall through a new African American Studies course, the university confirmed this week.
All three subjects in the course are frequent topics of discussion in higher education institutions across the U.S., with many dedicating whole departments to women’s studies, gender studies, African American studies and related subjects.
But only two students signed up for the new fall elective, “Race, Class and Gender,” at Florida State University in Tallahassee, university spokeswoman Amy Farnum-Patronis told The College Fix.
“During registration and leading up to the start of the semester, classes may be canceled for different reasons, including instructor availability or low enrollment. In this specific case, the reason for canceling was low enrollment,” Farnum-Patronis said via email this week.
The FSU African American Studies program offered the special topics course for the first time this semester, but it was not a general education course nor was it required, she said.
The class was canceled one week before the semester began Aug. 28, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
Senior Laura Arrieta, who signed up for the course, said she suspects a new Florida education law may be to blame for the cancellation.
Signed in May by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the law prohibits public colleges and universities from spending tax dollars on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, or DEI.
“I’d seen the bill passed and was devastated, but did not think that it would affect me so soon,” Arrieta told the newspaper.
A political science and criminology major who plans to practice criminal law, Arrieta said she signed up for the class because she thought it would be a “safe” space for her.
“The class would have taken place in the BSU (Black Student Union) house on campus, and I knew it’d be the first class I’d take at FSU that would truly be inclusive and safe for conversation,” Arrieta told the newspaper. “I also knew that it’d be the most diverse class I’d take as I often struggle to find people who look like me in my classes.”
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At a university of 40k+ that’s pretty damning.
These types of courses only survive if they are made mandatory. No student in his/her right mind would take such a course.
“she signed up for the class because she thought it would be a “safe” space for her.”
An easy A, more likely.
And she’s a senior who wants to practice criminal law. Does she understand that criminal courts are NOT a safe space? Neither are the other places where she could apply either of her majors, political science and criminology.
Could therapy bring her to the point of being capable of functioning in society, or should she look for a major and career field that is intrinsically a safe space? If there IS such a possibility for her: Economics and doing calculations behind the scenes at a brokerage house might be safe, but would you bet on her mathematical ability, let alone whether she could grind away all day at such a task? Pre-school teaching – no, have you heard the mouths on some of those kids? Or the parents…
Would you fail a black student especially one that is seemingly all in on BLM and race nonsense in a DEI course?
One assumes she’ll see people who look like her if she continues in a criminal justice career.