Oklahoma faces workforce challenges. Our colleges should play a crucial role in addressing that problem, but instead the University of Oklahoma is receiving national attention for devolving into academic self-parody.

Currently, OU is under scrutiny for having a man who identifies as a woman teach students about psychology. And that instructor is under fire for alleged religious discrimination against a Christian student who believes, accurately, that there are only two sexes.

Students in a psychology class taught by graduate assistant Mel Curth, who is reportedly transgender-identifying, were assigned to read an article claiming gender-atypical kids experience more teasing, leading to negative mental health outcomes. Students were asked to write a “reaction paper.”

The assignment was

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