Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like - eviltoast
Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology
www.nytimes.com
Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing subjects like sociology from core requirements.

Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.

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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The 22 courses that trustees marked for removal at Florida International University are heavily focused on social sciences, including Introduction to East Asia, Intercultural/Interracial Communication and Labor and Globalization. More than two dozen other courses updated their descriptions to comply with the law. Similar efforts — though the exact number of courses affected wasn’t immediately clear — played out across the state’s public universities.

    Yeah, we wouldn’t want today’s college students to learn about China. What use is that in today’s world?