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Kevin M. Kruse RetweetedThe phrase Orwellian is overused, but bowing to state censorship while claiming to embrace academic freedom fits the bill
.@FLCollegeSystem Presidents just issued a vague pro-DeSantis statement promising to remove "all woke positions and ideologies" from public colleges by 2/1/23.
That includes DEI programs they now claim do "the very opposite".
One by one, these institutions have fallen in line.
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That includes DEI programs they now claim do "the very opposite".
One by one, these institutions have fallen in line.
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mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2023
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One of my ambitious former professors took a very high level job in the Florida university system.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2023
#2
I mistakenly double-posted. The other thread is the older one. Please reply to it. Thanks. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2023
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AltairIV
(786 posts)1. Unfit
Sorry, but I would have to consider graduates of these Florida institutions unfit for employment.
Irish_Dem
(65,595 posts)2. One of my ambitious former professors took a very high level job in the Florida university system.
She helped greatly expand the system and bring it up to higher standards. She was liberal btw.
She is retired now, but she must be crushed by what is happening.
JT45242
(3,188 posts)3. Woke equals educated...
So universities attacking wokeness is literally turning away customers.
They have refunded k12 and postsecondary education for 40 years and a dumbed down electorate is what they want, because it is what republicans need.
mahatmakanejeeves
(63,544 posts)4. I mistakenly double-posted. The other thread is the older one. Please reply to it. Thanks. NT
Timeflyer
(3,032 posts)5. When governor takes curriculum advice from Hillsdale College, fear for the future of education.
Easterncedar
(3,967 posts)6. This makes me feel sick
My sister teaches in the system and two of her kids attend. I dont know what shell do. She teaches all kind of woke!