The Manufactured Meltdown Over Kennesaw State’s Common-Sense Cuts
If you’ve been anywhere near local media this week, you’ve probably seen the headlines: “Outrage at Kennesaw State!”, “Students protest elimination of Black Studies and Philosophy majors!” They want you to believe hundreds or thousands of students are flooding the streets in righteous anger, signs in hand, protesting Governor Kemp, the Georgia Board of Regents, and President Trump for daring to let a public university stop wasting taxpayer dollars.
But here’s the truth: it’s not “Thousands” or even “Hundreds” of students. It’s the same small crew of local career protestors, maybe a dozen or so on a good day, who seem to treat outrage as a full-time job. And if they look familiar, it’s because they are. Just about a month ago, they were the ones shouting down Elon Musk outside the local Tesla Service Center. Before that, they were flying signs for the “We Just Hate Trump”, “50501 movement” in Marietta Square, that fizzled out as quickly as it began.
This isn’t about education. It never was. Just look at this protest rally flyer below, notice the event sponsors at the bottom. It’s the usual protest grifters, socialist, radical Democrats, and their associated ilk.
Low Enrollment Isn’t Bigotry — It’s Economics
Here’s what the activists won’t tell you, and what most media outlets won’t report honestly: KSU didn’t gut these programs to attack anyone’s identity. It shut them down because almost nobody was enrolling in them. Philosophy averaged just 6.3 graduates per year. Black Studies came in at 5.7. Technical Communication barely broke 7.
KSU made its decision based on cold, hard data, not politics.
“Undergraduate programs are expected to maintain a three-year rolling average of at least 10 graduates per year,” said university spokeswoman Tammy DeMel. “As the required benchmarks were not met, the university deactivated these programs.”
That’s called basic accountability, something most private businesses do without controversy. If a store sells a product no one wants, it stops ordering it. But when a university stops offering majors that attract fewer students than a small-sized high school classroom? Suddenly it’s fascism.
The DEI Gravy Train Comes to a Halt
Let’s be honest. The pushback isn’t really about majors like technical communication or even philosophy. It’s about the slow, steady unraveling of the bloated DEI industrial complex that’s taken root in public universities over the past decade.
John Stossel published and excellent video on this topic correctly called “Teaching Victimhood” which is certainly worth a watch.
KSU’s decision mirrors a broader trend we’re seeing across the country: states like Florida, Texas, and even California are waking up to the fact that activist-driven programs are expensive, divisive, and, most importantly, damaging to students.
And yes, this shift does align with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, which correctly questioned why are American taxpayers are funding programs that seem more focused on radical activism than academics.
But calling this “political pressure” is just more media gaslighting. What we’re seeing is simple: taxpayer-funded institutions being held accountable for results. That’s not controversial. That’s responsible governance.
“Sanctity of the Space”? Give Us a Break
Some of the student quotes being circulated in the press are almost too precious to parody. One student complained that eliminating the shut down resource centers for groups like LGBTQ students and students of color would damage the “sanctity of the space.” Another said Black Studies taught him “we have a voice”, which he shared, apparently, by skipping class to stand on a sidewalk and yell about systemic oppression.
Let’s be crystal clear: no one is banning books. No one is shutting down classroom discussions. KSU will still offer courses in philosophy, Black Studies, and other electives. Students who are actually interested in these subjects will still be able to study them.
What’s changing is the university’s willingness to prop up dead-end degrees for the sake of political appearances. And for the loud minority who’ve grown accustomed to using university resources as their personal protest playground, that’s a bitter pill to swallow.
The Real Majority Is Silent — But It’s Watching
While the media amplifies every post, TikTok, and tearful soundbite from these “protestors,” there’s something they’re not telling you: the vast majority of students and parents support decisions like this.
Why? Because they understand that college is supposed to prepare students for life, not hand out degrees that lead nowhere and only feed the victimhood narrative. And they’re tired of paying higher tuition and watching resources diverted into programs designed not to educate, but to agitate.
Bad Business Isn’t Oppression
Cutting low-performing programs is not oppression. It’s not a culture war. It’s just good business.
And if a handful of overgrown campus radicals want to throw another tantrum about it, so be it. The rest of us will be busy building something that works. But the reality is they’ll just move along to their next big cause in a couple of weeks and let the whinging and the toddler style antics continue.
