University kills computer science major but keeps womens studies.

Brotaufstrich · 2011-02-20T17:00:47+00:00

Universities are run like businesses nowadays - the reason some majors get cut/downsized is because they don't attract enough paying students and don't generate enough third-party funds, while others do. Computer science in its current form apparently didn't cut the mustard in this department, the so-called useless majors did.

One doesn't have to like that things are run this way (I certainly don't) but these decisions aren't ideological and saying that majors in engineering and science are likely to get cut next because they are being targeted by leftist conspirators is plainly ridicoulus. The so called soft sciences are almost always the first majors to feel the consequences of a university cutting its budget. Downsizing (not completely cutting) one single computer related major for once is hardly compelling evidence of an "anti-male bias" of a university.

Zolty · 2011-02-20T19:57:12+00:00

Lets see cut the major were we need to maintain labs, qualified professionals to teach it, and is taught at most other universities better than ours... OR we can cut the major that women just sort of fall into, costs almost nothing and can be taught by someone with an associate degree.

It seems pretty cut and dry I fail to see the sexism.

teemark · 2011-02-20T20:17:25+00:00

My son attends University of Cincinnati in a different engineering program. Trust me, they are NOT hurting for money! They seem to have all the cash they want for new buildings and the kinds of things that bring in students. Even from the time he applied until the school year started last year they added a 7% tuition hike.
My guess is they get federal subsidies for minority/womens studies programs, but a program like CS doesn't give them the same ROI.

Overall I like UC, but you have to put up with a lot of greed to get an education there (and I suppose any other sizable university these days)

billyfazz · 2011-02-20T14:41:20+00:00

Well I think Bisexual Asian Studies should have its own building. The question is: who goes? The math department or the hockey team? I think hockey. Think about it.

/PCU

Ma99ie · 2011-02-20T16:13:55+00:00

The more I read criticisms of things on MRA sources, the more I think that we should actually send off an email, or otherwise contact, institutions that we criticize to get their point of view, and at least mention it in the piece, if not incorporate it. I guess you can argue that the spearhead is just a blog or whatever. But, it does have a certain influence and the conclusion the author reaches seem unsupported by anything but conjecture.

I don't agree that Women's Studies serve no purpose. In fact, quite the opposite. They serve an incidious purpose. They are political propoganda machines. They manufacture advocacy research that ends up providing the justification for discriminatory policies passed by goverment, employers, and a false public narrative that becomes accepted as the baseline for social behavior. Furthermore, they provide "thought leaders" (a profoundly Orwellian term) that inhabit many goverment positions. Think of the Office of Civil Rights, that enfources Title IX.

icallmyselfmonster · 2011-02-20T14:02:47+00:00

It's sad to see bullshit disciplines get so much funding and attention when the hard sciences, engineering, and technology are where the world really needs those dollars going. I think feminists would have brewed up a massive shit storm if the women's studies program were eliminated instead, and that probably plays a big part in them getting funding they don't deserve. Scientists and people who aren't retarded need to exert the same kind of pressure so that educational institutions have an incentive to fund the programs that matter.

2011-02-20T14:57:10+00:00

If any college kills Fisheries and Wildlife departments for Women's Studies, I shall march upon them at the vanguard of an army of moose, bobcats, and wolverines.

gabriot · 2011-02-20T21:58:08+00:00

my university tried to do this same thing when I was in college and I fought tooth and nail to keep the C.S. major (we won)

Wargasm6 · 2011-02-20T16:18:17+00:00

Studying women just sounds like a complete bullshit major. Sorry, can't take it seriously.

ConfirmedCynic · 2011-02-20T17:43:17+00:00

To be fair, Computer Science has a bad reputation as a career choice these days. Between ageism, outsourcing, and massive H1B programs, employment prospects can be pretty chancy.

Who wants to work like a dog 14/7 trying to meet arbitrary deadlines until burning out, getting abruptly laid off, or becoming "redundant" because you make more than the base salary now and you're starting to try to develop a life outside of the job?

The message has been getting out there and enrolments have been declining.

Offensive_Brute · 2011-02-20T17:38:06+00:00

I study women all the time. smiles, hair, skin, ass, tits, the myriad of psychological conditions that many women have cobbled into something vaguely resembling a personality, job, education, level of ambition, child bearing prospects, current and potential health issues, and so on. Never needed a teacher or a special facility for that

heyfella · 2011-02-20T11:32:21+00:00

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getter1 · 2011-02-21T01:13:13+00:00

And this is why it is safe for me to downvote everything from the speardhead and everyone else in their anti-feminist blog ring.

They are a bunch of irrational buffoons.

trackerbishop · 2011-02-20T15:50:40+00:00

women's studies may be useless to you but not to many women or promoting diversity. I thought reddit loved diversity? Also there are many women who are better programmers than any guy could ever be and they'll be affected by this too.

This shows your sexism, r/MensRights

2011-02-23T05:17:43+00:00

It's only fair that they have women's studies.

They kept men's studies.

(Put's on sunglasses)

Its Called History.

Title	University kills computer science major but keeps womens studies.
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	66
Comments	85
Date	February 20, 2011 11:11 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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