George Mason University wants to mandate two more DEI courses. One professor spoke out against it. A student reported him. From The College Fix:
Economist Bryan Caplan posted on X his strong objection to the proposal — which is on the cusp of being implemented even as several states across the nation have enacted laws that curb diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and offices in higher education.“George Mason University is a public university, funded by Virginians with a wide range of political views about the nature of justice. The Just Societies Initiative is a thinly-veiled effort to teach far-left (or ‘woke’) views of justice as the One True Position,” Caplan posted Feb. 20.“Even people who agree with such views should ponder the justice of creating an official state-sanctioned orthodoxy and requiring all students to spend multiple classes feigning agreement with it.”That post was screenshot by a student and emailed to GMU’s DEI office, flagged as troubling comments, an email Caplan told The College Fix he was CC’d on. He called it a veiled threat, but added he will not back down on his criticisms.He said professors who would teach most of the courses that fulfill the “Just Societies” requirement “are so obviously and overwhelmingly biased that it does a disservice to the subject.”
Thankfully, many professors sided with Caplan and pushed against the proposal.
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