https://www.comicsands.com/texas-am-bans-plato
“Texas A&M University (TAMU), originally called the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, is a public university in College Station, Texas. One of the
largest research institutions in the United States, it is still beholden to the
whims of the Texas state government.
In November, the school's Board of Regents passed sweeping reforms banning all
race and gender ideology "advocacy" in lessons without their prior approval,
forcing professors in all of the soft sciences and the arts to submit their
curriculum for review.
Under the direction of MAGA Republican Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas
GOP-controlled legislature passed several laws to attack the "woke agenda" that
they claim exists in all academia, targeting anything that doesn't support
their own White supremacist and Christian nationalist agenda.
TAMU's compliance with those laws has led to the banning of the work of one of
the foundational figures in Western philosophy—in a philosophy class.
As reported by industry publication
Inside Higher Education, at least 200
courses in the Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences were flagged
or canceled for gender-related or race-related content after faculty were
required to submit core-curriculum syllabi for administrative review in
December.
And the review still isn't complete.
Philosophy professor Martin Peterson was told to remove works by Plato from his
Spring course Contemporary Moral Problems. Via an email from philosophy
department chair Kristi Sweet, he was given two options: remove "modules on
race and gender ideology, and the Plato readings that may include these" or be
reassigned to teach a different philosophy course.”
Via Joyce Donahue.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
