Comment by nradov

Some university humanities departments undermined themselves by being divisive and exclusionary. Several years ago the University of Chicago made this public statement.

"For the 2020-2021 graduate admissions cycle, the University of Chicago English Department is accepting only applicants interested in working in and with Black Studies."

There's nothing wrong with encouraging scholarship in a particular field but when they intentionally exclude other fields it tends to limit public support. Taxpayers will naturally question why they're being asked to subsidize student loans, and wonder whether universities are being used to promote ideologies rather than educate.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/16/university-ch...