How proud it makes me to know one of our very own senators from Utah thinks my degree is a "degree to nowhere." Senator Howard Stephenson said, "“The state is wasting billions of dollars conferring ‘degrees to nowhere’ on college students because higher education is badly ‘misaligned’ with the work force,” the Salt Lake Tribune reported. On his web site he states the role of government "is to secure the rights and freedoms of individual citizens."
Why does he get to decide what a degree to nowhere is?
Here is an article I read from the Hard News Cafe at Utah State University. It goes into detail about the effect this statement has had on the faculty and students.
Story & Photos by Shirrel Cooper
LOGAN—Controversy surrounding a Utah state senator’s comments, dismissing most college majors as “degrees to nowhere,” has not diminished since he spoke them earlier this month.
On the contrary, Sen. Howard Stephenson’s comments have sparked controversy around the state as potential budget cuts to higher education loom.
Christy Glass, an assistant professor of sociology at Utah State University, was so frustrated about the Draper Republican’s attitude that she and some colleagues considered taking action.
“A few of us friends and colleagues sent around this article with the quote,” Glass said. “We were all talking, ‘Should we write a public letter that we all sign, or should there be a public statement from all the deans of the colleges?’”
For the rest of the story go to: http://hardnewscafe.usu.edu/?p=4065
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