University of Colorado's ethnic studies department feels it's under attack

Drunkablog is reporting that Ward Churchill's successor as chairman of the school's ethnic studies is whining that the board of regents at the University of Colorado isn't supportive of his department.

I'm pretty sure the department in this PC age is safe and will carry on and on.

But Drunkablog's post got me thinking: Merging that ethnic studies department and others like it (women's studies?) into the history or sociology departments isn't a bad idea. College tuition costs are out of control, an easy way to cut costs is to eliminate departments and slice into the bureaucracy.

It's a brilliant idea, which is its doom.

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