…for example, as Mal Kline writes, in Oklahoma campuses:

  • Tulsa Community College offers Beginning Ice Skating, Badminton, Yoga, Therapeutic Horticulture and Principles of Floral Arranging – alongside basic communications skills courses such as “Spelling and Phonics.”
  • Southeastern Oklahoma State offers courses in Pre-College English (ENG 0123) and “Listening”(COMM 1553) along with classes in Coaching Football and Social and Square Dance.
  • At Northeastern State, you can take a class in Elementary Algebra along with courses in Billiards, Basketball Fundamentals, Aquatic Activities, Beginning Bowling and the Drivers’ Education “Beginners Course.”
  • And the University of Central Oklahoma offers courses in Vocabulary Building (ENG 1252) as well as a Sociology course in Human Sexuality.

Yet more evidence of bottomed-out standards and scrambled spending priorities.