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mahatmakanejeeves

(58,035 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 08:04 AM Jan 2023

The phrase "Orwellian" is overused, but bowing to state censorship while claiming to embrace ...

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

The 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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The phrase "Orwellian" is overused, but bowing to state censorship while claiming to embrace ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP
Unfit AltairIV Jan 2023 #1
One of my ambitious former professors took a very high level job in the Florida university system. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #2
Woke equals educated... JT45242 Jan 2023 #3
I mistakenly double-posted. The other thread is the older one. Please reply to it. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 #4
When governor takes curriculum advice from Hillsdale College, fear for the future of education. Timeflyer Jan 2023 #5
This makes me feel sick Easterncedar Jan 2023 #6

Irish_Dem

(49,838 posts)
2. One of my ambitious former professors took a very high level job in the Florida university system.
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 08:22 AM
Jan 2023

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

(2,374 posts)
3. Woke equals educated...
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 08:32 AM
Jan 2023

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.

Easterncedar

(2,425 posts)
6. This makes me feel sick
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 11:46 AM
Jan 2023

My sister teaches in the system and two of her kids attend. I don’t know what she’ll do. She teaches all kind of woke!

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