UC San Diego used to be a major engineering school - at least in the 70s and 80s.
I can see why they dropped the Foreign Language professors - no one graduates in it - and I can see why they dropped a lot of hard science majors - no one graduates in them any more. So, UCSD deserves some credit here. I would have done the same thing.
I still do not understand the justification of diversity stuff from a curriculum perspective. I can see the business angle, but when I was getting my MBA, it was covered in the Organizational Behavior class as part of the curriculum. And in any case, you cannot get a job without having to work side by side with people from all walks of life nor can your kids go a school without the same occurring.
The "race, gender, class" stuff is increasingly irrelevant in a mobile society where people move up the income and wealth ladder, intermarry or already come from multi-racial backgrounds, whose family history is more than likely mixed, and where life choices are as much about personal fulfillment as they are about making money or anything else. For this reason, "diversity" is as irrelevant as the Foreign Languages UCSD dropped.
True diversity occurs where people with diametrically opposed viewpoints can work together to get something done. For starters, I do not see a lot of tolerance in the corporate or academic world for those without degrees. I do not see a lot of tolerance in schools for boys with a high degree of physical energy. I do not see tolerance for kids who learn visually or who ask a lot of questions. I am sure we can all add to this list.
