The inevitable result of Social Justice Convergence in an organization is the inability of that human organism… organization, excuse me… to behave in the ways it was originally meant to.
With that thought in mind…
Catholic university to cut religious studies, theology majors to fund more in-demand programs
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By Candace Hathaway, 21 February 2023
…You don’t need to read further in order to understand what happened. But then, you’d miss the freak show!
A Catholic university in Virginia recently announced that it is considering cutting 10 majors and programs, including religious studies and theology, citing a “lack of potential growth.”
Marymount University, a liberal arts college, plans to eliminate bachelor’s degree programs in theology, religious studies, philosophy, mathematics, art, history, sociology, English, economics, and secondary education. It also plans to ax a master’s program in English and humanities.
That leaves engineering and queer studies. Also, possibly, that sweet, sweet M.Div parchment that guarantees a sinecure of teaching fairy tales to credulous idiots.
Of course, they aren’t just fairy tales… but the priests and professors of them will be the most surprised to find out!
Marymount University President Irma Becerra supports the controversial cuts, which have sparked a backlash from the school’s students and alumni. The plan is also supported by the Faculty Advisory Committee and the Academic Policy, Budget, and Planning Committee, according to a university spokesperson.
The students are complaining about this shift to student-demanded programs? SOMEBODY is LYING!
“Over the long term, it would be irresponsible to sustain majors [and] programs with consistently low enrollment, low graduation rates, and lack of potential for growth,” Becerra stated. “Recommendations and decisions on programs marked for elimination are based on clear evidence of student choices and behavior over time.”
The university could always downsize. That’s what the private sector does, which is why the private sector is efficient and effective despite the best efforts of experts.
Becerra. Boobs? No. Cuban? Maybe. Karen? You know it!
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In May [2018], Marymount University’s board of trustees unanimously voted in Dr. Irma Becerra as its seventh president. Becerra is a Cuban-American higher education leader who previously served as provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University in Florida. She succeeds president emeritus Matthew Shank, who recently left academia to join the World Affairs Council-Washington, D.C., as interim president.
She’s a female empowerment success story backfilling for a globalist.
What is “knowledge management” and how did you become interested in it?
When I was finishing my Ph.D. [in electrical engineering from Florida International University]…
Ask us about our structural engineering program!
…knowledge management was an emerging discipline. It was really about organizations taking advantage of their most valuable resource: the knowledge that exists inside employees’ heads. Before, when you captured [a company’s] assets, it used to be how many buildings and cars and computers—tangible assets. I was fascinated by the processes that underpin great organizations as they seek to better their knowledge assets.
Pointy-haired boss: “Employees are our most important assets!”
Dilbert: “Is that why none of us got a pay raise last year?”
Pointy-haired boss: “Shut up, you asset.”
A lot of my research was based on work with NASA, developing prototypes of knowledge management systems.
She got a PhD in electrical engineering but her thesis was in leveraging male know-how. Hmm. HMMMM.
How will you apply your background in engineering, mathematics and systems organization to your new job?
One of the things I have been focused on—and this is my engineering training—is, how to do we continue to improve our businesses processes so we can be as effective and efficient as possible? My leadership style is collaborative, but I’m always focused on data-driven decisions.
And on that data-driven note…
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“…Marymount is indeed making changes to better position the University for long-term growth and success,” [a Marymount University spokesperson told Fox News Digital]. “One of those is investing in programs with growth potential, aligned with student demand, to give Marymount a competitive advantage.”
…The spokesperson noted that the cuts were “not financially driven“.
I cannot say the university is wrong; Christianity does not have growth potential. Our ranks are already very thin and they’re going to be thinned out even further in the near future.
But Christ was never about profit and competitive advantage.
Was the Dalai Lama?
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Name three books you recently read (and liked):
I have a mix—some leadership books and some that are spiritual and inspirational: The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama; The Economic Singularity by Calum Chace; and High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard.
I don’t mind that she reads leadership books, but I do mind her proudly finding spiritual inspiration in not-Christianity.
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Critics argued that the university’s plan does not fit its stated mission.
“If they want to change the mission, then say that and say what that change is,” Ariane Economos, an associate professor of philosophy, told the Chronicle of Higher Education. “But getting rid of theology and religious studies at a Catholic university, that doesn’t fit with the mission.“
Student government president Ashly Trejo Mejia pushed back on the upcoming changes, calling them “detrimental to the diversity of our student body.”
“We fear that removing programs will alter the foundation and identity Marymount University was built on,” Trejo Mejia argued.
When the philosopher, the Christian and the diversity victicrat all agree that you’re whacked, you, bitch, are WHACKED.
According to the updated plan reviewed by Fox News Digital, university officials believe the cuts will set up the school for long-term success.
Hahaha, no.
Reality has outpaced the Babylon Bee in Mystery Babylon Be!
The in question Einstein quote about a generation of idiots outpaced by technology has come to pass?
At least we are all equal in stupidity!
OMG! Like totes.
Support fortified democracy with fweedom fwies and Depends undergarments and don’t forget to invest your son in Ukraine for the good of the MIC.
“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.”
― G.K. Chesterton
My favorite Dilbert cartoon on the topic is here (scroll down to the fifth one):
https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Most%20Valuable%20Asset
Well, okay…. axing English and secondary education, as well as a master’s in English and humanities is probably a good thing. Those are putrid do nothing degrees. Considering what’s coming out of campuses in “economics” today, getting rid of that one could be a net gain as well. A college degree in philosophy is a $200-$400k license to dispense lattes. If all sociologists disappeared tomorrow the world would be a better place. What is the Catholic University teaching these days in its religious studies and theology classes? How to bless a gay civil union? Now math we need. That one should stay. Secondary education? Axe to the root baby, axe to the root. Art majors are all a bunch of degenerates, always have been, always will be. History? Well, it depends. Whose teaching it, and what texts are they using? I’m just saying, if I were in her position and was looking to clear out the dead wood this looks like a pretty good start. Maybe give this one a second look, she might be okay.
It’s good that Marymount is no longer teaching BAD theology… but its purpose as a specifically Catholic institution is to teach GOOD theology, not NO theology. As the philosophy professor said, if Becerra intends to turn the place into a vocational-tech then she needs to say so. And take down some crucifixes. And return some endowments.
I agree that philosophy, English and sociology are trash, but not economics, art, history, math and theology. We need Godly economists who know how to fight off the banksters. Godly historians to thwart the revisionists. And God would be honored if the Catholics continued their unique architecture & painting styles.
STEM is a globalist invention. It reduces human knowledge to ugliness and materialist metrics of worth… what atheists can understand & appreciate. Don’t use your art studies to feed a family of four, obviously, but that doesn’t mean art instruction is useless.
Becerra’s predecessors defiled those programs, now she’s completing the job by discontinuing them because “students don’t want them anymore”. Students previously wanted them… what changed? And whose fault is it if tuition is now >$200k for a bachelor’s degree?
”Considering what’s coming out of campuses in “economics” today, getting rid of that one could be a net gain as well. A college degree in philosophy is a $200-$400k license to dispense lattes.”
i agree totally with ORKA here as i’ve seen economists doing many things for lattes&uinstalaches over the years!(like ORKA doesn’t know what i’m speakin’ on when he clearly should&most likely does! 😉😁👍😎