Posted on 05/10/2017 7:01:58 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
Academia loves to offer us "teachable moments." Now, it appears, Butler University is having one.
Butler, located in the politically-red state of Indiana, had a college course on U.S. democracy. However, part of the course description was critical of President Donald Trump, "Donald J. Trump won the U.S. Presidency despite perpetuating sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia, nationalism, nativism, and imperialism."
After some outcry and criticism, the university has changed the course description to the following:
"This course offers a broad historical, political, and critical communication studies approach to understanding the rise of Donald Trump as a political and social phenomenon. The course draws from the widely circulated Trump Syllabi (per the Chronicle of Higher Education and Public Books) crowd sourced by some of the nation's leading scholars in American Political Science and history, demography, cultural studies, sociology, and more. The course will provide context and depth for student citizens as we look to historical and current texts by renowned authors as well as read excerpts from Trump's own The Art of the Deal. Students will potentially attend, as participant observers, campus and community events to witness ongoing responses to Trump's presidency and campaign. To instill disciplinary diversity, the course will invite faculty from across campus to guest lecture."
Different description. Same lectures. A stink rose by any other name...
MEMO:
TO: HR
The hiring freeze for Butler Graduates and Interns still remains in effect
I’m sorry they changed the description. This description might suck in the unsuspecting student who think they might learn something. The other description was a clear warning of the mindset of the faculty teaching, no reasoning or logic required just liberal dogma.
The new description says the class can join in Black Bloc riots on campus. Unbelievable.
DITTO
"50% of your final grade will be determined by an amalgamation of the number of anti-Trump protests and riots you participate in, the certified number of Trump supporters who you are responsible for sending to the hospital, the number of police that are called out to put down the riots, and the number of students who are kept out of other classes as a result of those protests/riots."
i.e. Rioting 101 - 3 Class hours, 10 Lab (Street) hours.
Lab uniform required (Black garments and full face hood. Preferably flame resistant. Gas masks optional)
....The course draws from the widely circulated Trump Syllabi (per the Chronicle of Higher Education and Public Books) crowd sourced by some of the nation’s leading scholars [sic!] in American Political Science and history, demography, cultural studies, sociology, and more.....
Judging from this description, this “course” still emphasizes the same BS as under the first description!!!!
And those leading “scholars” should really be called leading propagandists! PHOOEY!!!!
For those who are interested, I have a Ph.D. from Harvard. I can still say PHOOEY to the above-mentioned garbage—along with other populist conservatives!!!!
I like how part of the course description is attending riots, er, demonstrations as “political observers”.
>sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia,
Wanting equal opportunity and treatment for citizens and LEGAL residents sounds so bad when you put it that way.
I notice they’ve followed the playbook and replaced “racism” with “white supremacy” for anyone wanting to treat blacks as equals rather putting them in a separate category like Ds do. I guess they haven’t corrupted “sexism” to the point where they need a new term for treating women as equals.
My wife, who is a Butler grad, took them out of her will. They stand to lose a considerable chunk of change. Hope it was worth it.
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