This article is one of the few I've seen that mention the crucial other half of this phenomenon: these classes are really easy. "Perhaps the most unexpected part of life at the University of Melbourne was how easy the actual work was."https://quillette.com/2019/05/22/when-the-authorities-tell-you-to-dissent/ …
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It is probably the single biggest driver. At the bottom end of the academic continuum, fields of study represent an implicit bargain between students who want an easy major and professors who want cushy jobs teaching them.
Since the papers in these fields are structurally so trivial (basically Andy Rooney monologues in academic jargon), they add social justice to make them seem important, in much the same way hot sauce makes you at least pay attention to even the dullest dish.
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Or truffle toppings on the most benign dishes.
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