Lawmakers may change the state's anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion law to rid public universities of degrees and curricula that don't translate into jobs…
Lawmakers may change the state's anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion law to rid public universities of degrees and curricula that don't translate into jobs after college.Lawmakers in the next legislative session will debate whether the state's anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion law should be expanded to eliminate faculty and courses teaching gender studies and other degrees that conservatives believe don't directly translate into jobs after college.
Sen. Creighton's subcommittee on higher education in the Texas Senate has been exploring whether the law should be expanded to ban some degrees, curriculum, and faculty recruitment methods. In his view, many liberal arts degrees don't lead directly to employment after college. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, leader of the Texas senate, directed Creighton's committee to look at the topic through a workforce development lens.“What we need in our Texas universities are degrees of value.
"Yes. We are going to make sure our universities are selling to our students an opportunity and a dream towards a future workforce and career that is actually realistic. Not a unicorn world of false pretenses that is more political indoctrination more than anything else," said Creighton.The details will begin to be fleshed out when lawmakers return to Austin in mid-January.
"I think it's shocking. It's something that all academics in the state of Texas need to be paying attention to, because this gets to a violation of academic freedom, which is our core identity," said philosophy and religion professor Adam Briggle.Earlier this week, Briggle told NBC 5 that the actions of self-censoring reminded him of his time guest teaching in communist China when there were cameras installed in the classrooms to watch the students and professors.
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