Officials in Virginia are requesting to review DEI-related coursework at universities over concerns classes are being used to advance left-wing 'groupthink.'
Virginia Education Secretary Aimee Guidera’s office has requested syllabuses from George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University, both of which are planning DEI-related course mandates for students.
Some courses that received the “Just Societies” designation include “Scientific Racism and Human Variation” and “Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies.” “The specific learning outcomes were designed in the context of Mason’s understanding of diversity – diversity of origin, identity, circumstance, and thought,” the university said in its description of the set of courses. “This includes ability, age, family status, geographic region of origin, military/veteran status, nationality, neurodiversity, political beliefs, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual and gender identity, socioeconomic status, and more.
Kristin Reed, a VCU assistant professor in the focused inquiry program, pushed for the racially-focused academic requirement but was critical last week of the Youngkin administration’s scrutiny,WRIC, calling it an “unprecedented intervention” and touting the “expertise” of the academics that staff VCU.
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