U. Denver Drops Religious Studies Dept, but Keeps Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
“According to the university, the program examines race and ethnicity through ‘social, political and historical contexts…'”
The University of Denver needed to drop some departments due to enrollment levels and student preferences. Of course, it kept its DEI studies.
From Campus Reform:
University leaders announced on June 9 that five departments will close and several colleges will merge into larger academic units. The departments slated for elimination include Religious Studies, Philosophy, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
University officials said that the changes reflect enrollment patterns and student demand rather than budget reductions.
”Yes, this moment is hard, but lower student numbers are an indication we’re not faring well with the needs of the student population or the desires, so this is a great time to pivot, rethink and push forward in places we can excel,” Chancellor Jeremy Haefner told The Denver Post.
University officials say students currently enrolled in affected programs will still be able to complete their degrees through revised interdisciplinary structures. The restructuring is expected to be implemented throughout the 2026-27 academic year.
However, at the same time, DU continues to promote its Critical Race and Ethnic Studies major and minor. According to the university, the program examines race and ethnicity through “social, political and historical contexts” and encourages students to study race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, and citizenship through interdisciplinary perspectives.
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I don’t think that’s much of a loss. I knew a young woman from a conservative Christian family that majored in Religious Studies at William and Mary…a university founded as an explicitly Christian institution.
By the time she graduated she was a far left agnostic/borderline atheist.
Granted, that’s my only experience on the topic but based on that, I’m not sure “Religious Studies” means what the title implies.
It means the “History of _____”. The same way majoring in literature does not make you a great writer, or archeology does not make you a Roman.
IOW, they haven’t really gotten rid of ALL of their religious studies. Just the non-Progressive ones.
My alma mater was a serious institution back in the 1970s, but not so much any more. It’s gotten so looney liberal that I told the alumni office to take me off the mailing list. They’re not getting any of my hard earned money.
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