OH SAVE ME, SAVE ME – AT 11:54 A.M. ET:   Our colleges and universities are deteriorating enough.  Now the dry rot is getting even more dry.  From Campus Reform:

The University of Iowa could become the first school in the state to add a bachelor’s program in social justice to its list of degrees, provided its Board of Regents approves the motion.

Currently, the school already offers a first-year seminar on social justice as well as a “Justice for All” living learning community where students can live and “learn about systemic problems in our society.”

Students have “expressed a desire to integrate academic work more deeply with anticipated career paths.” Tweet This

University officials told The Iowa City Press-Citizen that both programs have been so well-received, with full-enrollment in the “Justice for All” learning community, that demand for an actual degree-program on the topic makes sense.

“The proposed program will appeal to students who want a vocation related to helping others, or careers in government services or the nonprofit sector, but are not necessarily interested in teaching or social work,” a proposal for the program suggests, noting that there is no “specific degree program” at the university or in the state that provides “opportunities in these areas.”

Please note the term "government services or the nonprofit sector."  You mean a profit-making organization can't help anyone?  How about companies that develop medicines or medical devices, or safety equipment, or publish books?  I think you can see where this program is going.

According to the proposal, the program will be interdisciplinary in nature, since more and more students have “expressed a desire to integrate academic work more deeply with anticipated career paths,” such as social activism work with a non-profit.

So far, 25 students are expected to enroll in the program during its first year, with a target goal of 110 students by its seventh year.

As of now, the school does not anticipate that the program will require any additional costs, since it will be housed in the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, which could help persuade the regents to approve the new program during their Thursday meeting.

COMMENT:  Does any reader have a doubt as to what this will become?  Housed in the Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies?  Come on.  One person's "social justice" is another person's fascism.  The term is vague, but this seems like just another left-wing outpost for radical faculty members. I'm pretty sure it will be rubber stamped, the Board of Regents will go to their cocktail parties, and society will pay the price for more bankrupt ideas and misled students. 

As usual, the proposal is short on details.  But I can't wait to see the curriculum, where we'll find how bad America is and how oppressed we really are.

September 8, 2016