Some University of Florida faculty feel pressure to keep quiet, or else align themselves with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), on sensitive issues like race and COVID-19, according to a new report from a faculty committee at the school.
Only “some”?
faculty were told they should not use the words “critical” and “race” in concentration descriptions.
Fair enough. “Today’s lecture will be about systemic ethnic bias…”
barriers to publication of scientific research which, taken together, inhibited the ability of faculty to contribute scientific findings during a world-wide pandemic
Meh. Nothingburger. At least there was no double-secret probation.
It’s gonna keep happening, at universities across the country.
The Maximum Leader is always right. Up is down. East is west. Don’t ask any questions or you will be sent for reeducation.
I may be missing something but it seems like a lot of the reports were of verbal demands/requests? Seems very Trumpian, if so, and possibly harder to prove? I hope I’m wrong.
Please speak directly into the flower.
Now trying to control what academics say in a university is Autocracy 101.
Forget “Soviet Style Communism” or some silly horse shit.
Been happening already. Just in a different domain.
I guess in polite society they don’t use Fucking Global Pandemic, pity that.
This is what tenure is for. Some non-timid tenured faculty really need to be proclaiming from the rooftops. If in fact some soulless administrative suit is “warning” them not to criticize the governor, or not to use the words “critical” and “race” in course descriptions, they should 1) be telling the suit to get the f—k outta here, and 2) making public statements that they did so. If the goons come after them, bring it on. They’ll have lots of help with hiring excellent lawyers.
They’re also coming for tenure (e.g., GA).
“There’s no effort here to try to restrict a woman’s right to have an abortion,” said sponsor Rep. Pat McElraft, R-Carteret County. “What we’re doing is trying to make her care-competent. We don’t want taxpayers of North Carolina to pay for abortions.
Can someone translate this into Midwest/Democratically controlled county speech for me?
You can’t teach doctors how to perform abortions (a normal part of competent OB/GYN training). I consider that a political restriction on academic freedom.
Were I a faculty member in Florida I would resign, pack up my lab and leave the state taking grants with me.
Too bad I am already retired and it was a decade ago. Thankfully I did not work in Florida.
Ideally, yes. But you know the stress, politics, & difficulty getting a tenured position. Esp as more positions are transitioned to underpaid temporary teaching slots. People are only human, so many will put up with bad conditions in order to remain employed.
It’s not possible. It’s a semantic abortion of a pivot from not preventing a woman from having an abortion to, somehow, making sure that a medical resident (not necessarily a woman) becomes competent at giving (any kind of) care through non-funding of abortion-related training.
What the actual fuck?!?!?
Which admins at UF carried water for DeSantis? That is what I want to know.