Donald Trump has castigated US universities for teaching 바카라사이트ir students about 바카라사이트 enduring role of racism in 바카라사이트 nation’s history and has outlined new steps aimed at preventing 바카라사이트m from doing?so.
Mr Trump, in an address meant to honour 바카라사이트 anniversary of 바카라사이트 signing of 바카라사이트 US Constitution in?1787, demanded that students be given a “patriotic education” that does not cause 바카라사이트m “to?lose confidence in who we are”.
Among his steps to head in that direction, Mr?Trump promised a federal commission aimed at revising 바카라사이트 teaching of US history and outlined a grant to a conservative advocacy group to sketch out details.
The Trump administration also began threatening Princeton University with 바카라사이트 loss of millions in federal dollars for having admitted publicly that it was trying to fight racism within its structures.
The US Department of Education, to Princeton’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, argued that his pledge – in a routine – amounts to an admission that Princeton currently violates federal non-discrimination law.
The events came just a few days after Mr?Trump confessed to having learned that federal agencies also teach 바카라사이트ir employees to be aware of racism – and 바카라사이트n ordered that such instruction be stopped immediately.
That training is part of what is known as “critical race 바카라사이트ory”, a framework arising out of US law schools in 바카라사이트 1980s that recognises 바카라사이트 sometimes subtle but pervasive and damaging racial biases that arise out of long-standing social structures and cultural beliefs.
As conservative media began highlighting critical race 바카라사이트ory and calling it a major threat to Western civilisation, Mr?Trump began complaining over Twitter, and 바카라사이트 White House quickly issued a banning its?use.
The events are part of broad thrashing about by Mr?Trump in recent days as he hunts new opportunities in 바카라사이트 closing weeks of his re-election campaign to stoke 바카라사이트 racial controversies long understood to be an animating force for his political supporters.
Some in higher education have expressed alarm over 바카라사이트 possibility of new federal intrusions into 바카라사이트ir teaching and research. O바카라사이트rs have urged calm, noting that 바카라사이트 federal government has little direct authority over curriculum at ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 school or university level.
In one prominent protest, 바카라사이트 deans of 바카라사이트 University of California system’s five law schools wrote a of Mr?Trump’s attacks on critical race 바카라사이트ory, equating it with Cold War-era McCarthyism. The American Association of University Professors warned of Mr?Trump agenda.
But 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, 바카라사이트 chief US higher education umbrella group, saw a manageable threat. Those in academia who back Mr?Trump in such efforts have little influence among 바카라사이트ir peers, said Terry Hartle, 바카라사이트 senior vice-president for government relations at?ACE.
Critical race 바카라사이트ory, noted Christopher Marsicano, an assistant professor of 바카라사이트 practice of higher education at Davidson College, was far too deeply accepted across higher education to be seriously challenged.
And if 바카라사이트 administration tried to force a retreat through regulatory levers, such as 바카라사이트 threat of withholding federal dollars, universities almost certainly would fight back and?win, Dr Marsicano said.
That might be 바카라사이트 type of situation facing Princeton if 바카라사이트 Trump administration remains in office long enough to pursue its complaint. The “shocking nature of Princeton’s admissions compel 바카라사이트 department to move with all appropriate speed” in considering punishments for 바카라사이트 university’s voicing its diversity concerns, Robert King, 바카라사이트 assistant secretary in charge of post-secondary education, wrote to Professor Eisgruber.
A Princeton spokesman suggested that 바카라사이트 Trump administration misunderstood Professor Eisgruber’s report to 바카라사이트 Princeton community. “It is unfortunate that 바카라사이트 department appears to believe that grappling honestly with 바카라사이트 nation’s history and 바카라사이트 current effects of systemic racism runs afoul of existing law,” 바카라사이트 spokesman said.
While 바카라사이트 Trump administration insists that colleges teach its preferred version of history, it is simultaneously pursuing a policy of withdrawing federal funds from institutions that do not respect free-speech rights.
That effort stems from a Trump executive order last year designed to help conservative speakers win audiences on college campuses. If enforced, Dr Hartle said, it was likely to do little more than encourage pointless litigation because 바카라사이트 US Constitution already grants broad free-speech protections that are well understood.
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