Much as I love Alaska, I also acknowledge that, deep down inside, I’m still a farm-country kid from Iowa. Iowans are, in my experience, by and large well grounded, sensible folks. Unfortunately, Iowa academics can be just as loony tunes as academics anywhere, and Iowa’s university systems still offer some courses and programs that are the purest of the stuff that I used to shovel when working summers in my uncle’s livestock auction barn.
Some sanity may be returning, though. In a recent press release, the University of Iowa announced that it will be shuttering its Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Department.
The University of Iowa announced that it would close its Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies department as public universities in the state continue to respond to a changing DEI landscape.
“Under the proposed plan, the college would close the…
