430,000 Cal State Students Will Be Forced to Take Social Justice Course

[mystery-ak]

Tom Ciccotta 23 Jul 2020

Under a recently adopted policy, undergraduate students at California State University will be required to take an ethnic studies or social justice course to complete their degree. Approximately 430,000 undergraduate students enrolled in the California State University system will be impacted by the new policy.

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, California State University will require students to take an ethnic studies or social justice course to complete their degree program. The new policy will permanently go into effect in 2023.

California State University, which boasts 23 campuses, claims that is it the “birthplace” of ethnic studies. Now, many universities and colleges around the nation offer four-year “ethnic studies” degree programs. Many of these programs feature tuition costs as high as a quarter of a million dollars.

Alison Wrynn, the associate vice chancellor for academic programs at Cal State, said that the new requirement will provide many students with a chance to learn more about themselves.

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https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/07/23/430000-cal-state-students-will-be-forced-to-take-social-justice-course/

[andy58-in-nh]

Based upon my experience with their graduates, I would suggest that instead, they be forced to take a course in the spoken English language.

[PeteS in CA]

My son graduated from a CSU about a decade ago. He is reasonably articulate, to say the least. Some sort of course from a group that included a lot of Victimology 101 type courses was already a graduation requirement in the 00s. There were some courses that were less obnoxious, and he took one of those.

So is this CSU tooting their horn about something they've actually required for 10 or 20 years? Or did they tighten the noose by excluding the less obnoxious courses from the requirement?

[GtHawk]

What else would one expect with Napolitano in charge of California's university system. 

[PeteS in CA]

What else would one expect with Napolitano in charge of California's university system. 

California has two university systems, University of California and California State University, each with its various campuses. Janet Napolitano is the soon-to-be-leaving head of the UC system. This article pertains to the CSU system.