{"id":1493349,"date":"2024-10-01T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1493349"},"modified":"2024-10-01T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:40:00","slug":"absurd-program-texas-am-cuts-lgbt-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/absurd-program-texas-am-cuts-lgbt-minor\/1493349\/","title":{"rendered":"“Absurd Program” – Texas A&M Cuts LGBT Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Absurd Program” – Texas A&M Cuts LGBT Minor<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Gabrielle Temaat via The College Fix,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Texas A&M University is discontinuing its LGBTQ+ minor due to low enrollment, following criticism of the program from Republican lawmakers over what they called \u201cliberal indoctrination.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>Battalion<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the school\u2019s student newspaper, reported last week that the university is cutting 14 minors and 38 certificates following an internal review that deemed them \u201clow-producing\u201d programs.<\/p>\n

The university slashed programs that awarded \u201cfewer than five degrees per academic year and fewer than 25 degrees in five years.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The description of the LGBTQ+ minor on the school\u2019s website\u00a0states<\/a>\u00a0that it \u201cprepares students to examine the ways in which gender and sexuality are socially constructed and offers a critical understanding [of] how sexuality and sexual orientation shape gender roles, identities, and social statuses in societies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The minor \u201calso examines homophobia and transphobia\u2019s relationship to racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of power,\u201d the description states.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter months of calling for A&M to end this absurd program, I was pleased to learn\u2026they plan to end it. Proud to have helped deliver this victory for Texas taxpayers, who should never be forced to fund liberal indoctrination,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Texas Representative Brian Harrison wrote in a\u00a0post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to further discussions with A&M and will continue fighting to keep taxpayers from funding leftist propaganda that does nothing to strengthen our economy or the workforce of tomorrow,\u201d he told the\u00a0Daily Caller<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Harrison\u00a0(pictured)<\/em>\u00a0called for the school to discontinue the minor in March to \u201cprotect [his] constituents\u2019 tax dollars, as well as the integrity of Texas A&M,\u201d<\/strong> the\u00a0Battalion<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI asked them to discontinue this minor or provide to me in writing a justification for this minor to be continued. The most charitable way to characterize the response is as a \u2018non-response,’\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Harrison told the\u00a0Daily Caller.<\/em><\/p>\n

Texas Representative Chip Roy also called for the school to be \u201cheld accountable\u201d for pushing \u201cradical woke policies\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Texas A&M Sociology Professor Mary Campbell said that removing the minor would negatively impact students opportunities and academic freedom.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe minor is a legitimate area of study that you should be able to study at A&M,\u201d Campbell said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want to be a high-quality university, that\u2019s how we do it: by providing those opportunities to students,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think we should work very hard to protect academic freedom, the freedom to study any legitimate area of study, which this minor absolutely is,\u201d<\/strong> the professor said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The school also discontinued the Asian Studies minor, along with certificates in \u201cDiversity and Social Justice,\u201d \u201cPopular Culture,\u201d and \u201cPerforming Social Activism,\u201d the student newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

However, \u201ccourses associated with the deactivated programs will be unaffected,\u201d according to the\u00a0Battalion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The full list of deactivated minors and certificates will not be public until Oct. 14 when it \u201cappears before the Faculty Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 10\/01\/2024 – 17:40<\/span><\/p>\n

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