This will probably end up going the same way as DEI did and become an industry within higher education. Where else are all the graduates of these programs going to work?
Voice of America reports:
More US Universities Deliver Climate Change ProgramsColleges and universities in the United States are increasingly creating climate change study programs. They are meeting the demand from students who want to help find ways to deal with the effects of climate change.Kathy Jacobs is director of the University of Arizona Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, which launched 10 years ago. She said, “Lots of centers and departments have renamed themselves or been created around these climate issues.”The aim, she added, is to appeal to students and professors.Students are increasingly interested in climate-related study programs. For some, the interest comes from seeing the effects of climate change in their own lives. For others, a rise in climate-related jobs is driving their interest, experts say.In the last four years, schools like Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have started climate-related studies. The University of Texas at Austin plans to have climate studies offerings in the fall. And Hampton University, a private, historically Black university in Virginia, is building one now.Columbia University in New York City opened its Climate School in 2020. It offers graduate degrees now and is working on creating undergraduate programs.Other schools that have created climate-related education programs include the University of Washington, Yale University and Utah State University.In these programs, students study the science of climate change. The offerings require professors who teach biology, chemistry, physics, and social sciences, among others.But students also study ways to communicate about climate change with the public. They look at the ways communities can prepare and deal with climate change before it worsens. And they learn about the roles lawmakers and businesses play in cutting greenhouse gasses.
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