Here’s some news out of Hungary: Pluralist reports that the Hungarian government announced last week that it would ban gender-studies programs from state-run universities, saying “the programs have no tangible use and are based on ‘ideology rather than science.'”
Hungary rids state-run universities of gender studies programs, citing lack of demand from both students and employers, and lack of scientific grounding as reasons. https://t.co/76Sox0cEYX
— Nicole Barbaro (@NicoleBarbaro) August 13, 2018
“There is no economic rationale for studies such as these,” said a government spokesperson, who added the programs “take away valuable resources from other programs.”
Good. The general trust in science, academia is plummeting. Alternative truths are are popping up all around. There is only one way to restore trust in science: to rid it of political activism.
— Niels H. Pedersen (@NhpHede) August 13, 2018
We need to reinstate objective truth. If everything is subjective, we cannot progress as a society. Postmodernism is toxic to everything it touches.
— Jess Gladstone (@statistchick) August 13, 2018
Good start – now just add all the other quasi-Marxist indoctrination courses ending in ‘-Studies’ to the ash pile, and you’re on your way to a functioning tertiary education system turning out mature, responsible, knowledgeable young adults ?
— SamanthaVimes ✊????? (@SamVimes20) August 13, 2018
Gender studies units need to be accountable for their truth claims, & the socially divisive agendas they push. Currently they effectively forbid dissent by shaming & defaming critics. The result is delusional presuppositions like the patriarchy, rape culture & the wage gap.
— Marcus T Anthony (@marcusTanthony1) August 13, 2018
There's no downside to terminating Grievance Studies in general. My guess is we'll see a lot more institutional garbage removal taking place. …
— Outsideness (@Outsideness) August 13, 2018
… This is partly due to the surplus value of Internet route-arounds. Beyond their intrinsic efficiencies come the adaptations they force on legacy structures. …
— Outsideness (@Outsideness) August 13, 2018
… "Much as we'd love to keep the Fatness Affirmation Studies program, competitiveness criteria are forcing us to wield the knife."
— Outsideness (@Outsideness) August 13, 2018
Don't worry, the USA has enough for the entire universe pic.twitter.com/AzEFdttuXH
— Mark Grabowski (@ProfGrabowski) August 13, 2018
I guess this is what America will lead the world in now. https://t.co/xvgpXWLMOD
— Bohemio of the d'Urbervilles (@El__Bohemio) August 13, 2018
Meanwhile, in America, it’s still fashionable to take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to major in gender studies and then demand student loan forgiveness from the government because you can’t find a job.
That is, unless you find a job teaching in the field of gender studies. Then you can make more money than STEM professors.
EQUALITY: Gender Studies Professors Paid MORE Than Average Professors, Some STEM Fields https://t.co/wLMjhHUBnp
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) August 14, 2018
Ashe Schow reports in The Daily Wire:
Professors of “Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies” are paid nearly $12,000 more than the average professor across all disciplines and institutions. They’re paid nearly $16,000 more than the average math professor across all institutions. They’re also paid more than the average biology and biomedical professor, professor of engineering technologies (those who implement the work of engineers), and professor of physical sciences (chemistry, physics, etc.).
Somebody has to train campus diversity police, on which some universities spend millions every year.
Paid more for a completely useless class.
— Conservative Pigeon ?? (@WingPigeon) August 14, 2018
That’s because they are extra busy making up more genders.
— Jon_Q_Public (@JonQPublic7) August 14, 2018
Hire me, liberal university! I'm an expert in gender studies. I know it ALL; namely, there are TWO genders and two alone. Anything else is just blah-blah-blah. A female identifying as a male may change her name, her parts, etc. but she still has two X chromosomes. The end.
— KEE (@superbucks2050) August 14, 2018
Weird how it looks just like a ponzi scheme…
— Just a Humanist (@ClaudeL1979) August 14, 2018
More money to teach a useless major so people can go into six figure debt for a useless degree. #LiberalismInANutshell
— ??Walt❌Putulski?? (@WaltPutulski) August 14, 2018
Maybe they should determine professor's pay based on whose students repay their student loans.
— David (@808to818) August 14, 2018
Who would have ever thought that Hungary would be ahead of the learning curve in 2018.
— Geoppetto Hosseltoff (@Geoppetto) August 14, 2018
Related:
The University of Michigan spends HOW MUCH on its army of diversity police? https://t.co/ZwsF0i82OB
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 22, 2018
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