Women’s and Gender Studies Programs are Part of Trump’s DEI Purge in Higher Ed
“Regardless of Trump, gender studies is a field whose time has come and gone.”
This is all part of the much-needed overhaul of higher education. Professor Jacobson is quoted in the piece.
From the Washington Times:
Trump DEI purge threatens women’s and gender studies programs
Colleges are closing women’s and gender studies programs at a faster pace as the Trump administration purges diversity, equity and inclusion lessons.
Wichita State University, the University of Iowa and the University of California at Santa Cruz ended their women’s studies programs last year. That came after the Education Department threatened to end federal funding for schools offering race-based and transgender lessons.
Last month, Texas A&M University announced plans to phase out its program, citing government policies and student disinterest.
This fall, Maryland’s Towson University will downgrade gender studies from a department to an interdisciplinary degree due to declining enrollment.
“Some programs are clearly being reduced, rebranded or shut down in certain states and systems because of political pressure tied to ‘anti-DEI’ and ‘anti-gender ideology’ moves,” said Jessica Doyle-Mekkes, a feminist writer and musical theater professor at East Carolina University, which offers an interdisciplinary gender studies minor.
Campus insiders say President Trump’s policies have bolstered restrictions that conservative states such as Texas, Florida, Kansas, Iowa and North Carolina enacted in recent years to curb a surge in gender identity courses…
Higher education insiders offer differing forecasts on the future of gender and women’s studies after the Trump administration.
“Many hope that a post-Trump presidency will mean things will go back to how they were before,” said Tyrone Howard, a UCLA education professor specializing in racial equity. “However, if a Republican candidate replaces Trump in the White House, we will see the normalizing of these cuts and demonizing of DEI-related programs.”
Others say that low enrollments, collapsing university budgets and projected drops in college applications make it unlikely any mothballed programs will return.
“Many DEI programs, particularly race-related, will come roaring back if the next administration is Democrat, but I don’t think gender studies will enjoy a resurgence,” said William A. Jacobson, a Cornell University law professor and critic of DEI lessons. “Regardless of Trump, gender studies is a field whose time has come and gone.”
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Now do black studies and hispanic studies. Hell do American studies too. Those departments are full of anti-western propagandists. You can through Middle Eastern studies into the mix as well since those departments seek only to push arab disinformation.
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The whole DEI, gender studies, women’s, blacks, and Hispanic studies are not being dropped without a fight. “Many DEI programs, particularly race-related, will come roaring back if the next administration is Democrat, but I don’t think gender studies will enjoy a resurgence,” according to Tyrone Howard, a UCLA education professor specializing in racial equity. That is a good reason for not allowing the Socialist, Marxist Democrats to regain power.
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