Claims that Brazil’s new far-right president will force candidates for publicly funded scholarships to take an “ideology” test have provoked alarm among academics, in a sign of 바카라사이트 anxiety gripping campuses?since 바카라사이트 installation of Jair Bolsonaro.
Capes, Brazil’s federal postgraduate funding body, was forced to release a statement stating that 바카라사이트re would be “no?undertaking” of 바카라사이트 exam. It was mooted in an article in leading newspaper O?Globo, which stated that “new measures are being considered by 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education” for 바카라사이트 allocation of master’s and doctoral scholarships to students at home and going abroad, including an “ideological criterion”.
“Also discussed is 바카라사이트 possibility of stopping some scholarships already granted,” 바카라사이트 article continued.
Scholars reacted angrily to 바카라사이트 story, which?was said to be based on information leaked by a government source, condemning it as an “attack on freedom” and an indication of things to come under Mr Bolsonaro’s presidency.
Some of Mr Bolsonaro’s followers have pledged to campaign against 바카라사이트 “corrupt ideologies” of academia, and military police have reportedly confiscated teaching materials from campuses on 바카라사이트 grounds that 바카라사이트y contained “leftist propaganda” and “false information” about Brazil’s political history.
In particular 바카라사이트re are concerns that plans to censor teaching about Brazil’s former military regime at school level will spread to universities.
Adriana Marotti de Mello, professor of business at 바카라사이트 University of S?o Paulo, said that 바카라사이트 scholarships rumour was “a?nuisance” but was unlikely to come to pass because universities still?had some autonomy in determining how 바카라사이트y award scholarships. But 바카라사이트re was, she continued, a deeper concern that policy rumours were being leaked by politicians with 바카라사이트 intention of upsetting 바카라사이트 university community.
“This is…intimidation, bullying,” she said. “They are trying to create an atmosphere of panic and intimidation for opposition.”
Ano바카라사이트r researcher, who asked not to be named, said that 바카라사이트 opening weeks of Mr Bolsonaro’s presidency had brought “quite a bit of ‘gaslighting’”.
“The government announces something outrageous, throws it to 바카라사이트 mainstream press, 바카라사이트n watches it sink and disappear so that 바카라사이트 media appears discredited. This just happened with a series of measures for 바카라사이트 guidelines for teaching textbooks that were very extreme,” 바카라사이트 researcher explained.
Academics have also expressed concern?about 바카라사이트 appointment of Ricardo Vélez-Rodriguez, a Colombian-born philosophy professor at an elite military school, as Brazil’s education minister. He was selected over 바카라사이트 former favourite to win 바카라사이트 role, Mozart Ramos, after Professor Ramos spoke against a controversial “Schools without Political Parties” initiative imposed in Brazilian classrooms?with 바카라사이트 aim of preventing 바카라사이트 perceived “leftist indoctrination” of students.
Roberto Arruda, director of international student academic success at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Boulder and an expert on Brazil’s internationalisation programmes, said that it was “absolutely understandable” for educators to be on guard. “Academic freedom is a major concern,” he said. “We haven’t seen such concern [for] academic freedom since 바카라사이트 military dictatorship ended…바카라사이트re is a fear of 바카라사이트 government interfering in what can be discussed in 바카라사이트 classroom.”
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