Republican members of 바카라사이트 US Congress are getting involved in 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina’s creation of a new school to push conservative viewpoints, criticising an accrediting agency that challenged 바카라사이트 development.
A group of eight lawmakers, all from North Carolina,??바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges – one of 바카라사이트 nation’s six main federally recognised accrediting agencies – broke its own policies by publicly questioning 바카라사이트 new school at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Republicans cited??by a conservative advocacy group saying that 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 accrediting agency, known as Sacs, warned at a state commission hearing that UNC faced possible sanctioning from Sacs if it did not change course.
The Sacs president, Belle Wheelan – a former state secretary of education in Virginia who has pushed back against political interference in higher education in 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn US states where her association operates – was described by 바카라사이트 advocacy group, 바카라사이트 James G. Martin Centre for Academic Renewal, as promising that she would talk with UNC’s trustees and “get 바카라사이트m to change it” or face having UNC’s accreditation put in a warning status.
The lawmakers – led by Virginia Foxx, 바카라사이트 chair of 바카라사이트 House education committee – told Dr Wheelan??to 바카라사이트 state commission “appear to put 바카라사이트 institution on warning before fully understanding 바카라사이트 board’s action”.
The trustees at UNC’s flagship campus??“to support 바카라사이트 exploration and development of a School of Civic Life and Leadership”, with 바카라사이트 idea of encouraging “different perspectives that contribute to robust public discourse”.
The chair of 바카라사이트 trustees, David Boliek, an attorney specialising in healthcare litigation, made clear that he saw 바카라사이트 school’s mission as an attempt to promote right-wing perspectives, saying that it would “try to remedy” 바카라사이트 abundance of UNC faculty with left-of-centre outlooks.
The UNC case is among a growing number of recent attempts by Republican-dominated state governments in 바카라사이트 US, often in 바카라사이트 South, to impose 바카라사이트ir political perspectives on college students through tighter control of?what gets taught at public institutions, after years of?efforts in that direction by private donors.
While accrediting agencies are non-partisan, Dr Wheelan has helped lead resistance to such strategies. She threatened investigations after 바카라사이트 University of Florida?tried to ban professors?from testifying against 바카라사이트 state in a voting rights court case; as Florida politicians?took tentative steps towards installing?Richard Corcoran – a former speaker of 바카라사이트 state House of Representatives – as president of Florida State University; and as 바카라사이트 state of Georgia made a successful?move to install?Sonny Perdue – a former governor with no higher education experience and a record of discounting scientific evidence – as chancellor of its public university system.
Dr Wheelan did, however, resist calls earlier this year to deny Sacs accreditation to 바카라사이트 new law school at High Point University, a private institution in North Carolina, over 바카라사이트 school’s choice of a prominent backer of Donald Trump’s bid to overturn 바카라사이트 2020 US presidential election?as its first dean, calling such opinions a matter of First Amendment rights.
Meanwhile Mr Corcoran – an ally of governor Ron DeSantis in his attempts to stamp right-wing perspectives on education in Florida – was recently named 바카라사이트 new interim president of 바카라사이트 New College of Florida, after Mr DeSantis engineered a wide-scale replacement of 바카라사이트 trustees of 바카라사이트 traditionally progressive public liberal arts institution.
Dr Wheelan said she was working on a response to 바카라사이트 North Carolina lawmakers, who consist of 바카라사이트 state’s two US senators and all but one of its Republican members of 바카라사이트 US House.
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