Posted on 01/03/2022 8:34:35 AM PST by karpov
While the year 2021 wasn’t quite as tumultuous and unpredictable as 2020, the higher education landscape continues to look very different: overall enrollment continues to drop and countless institutions have issued vaccine mandates. At the same time, schools have become all the more emboldened in demanding ideological allegiance to the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” movement. But there also has been some notable progress. More and more, influential alumni, for example, are standing up for free expression on campus.
There is plenty more work to be done to reform higher education. Here is what members of the Martin Center staff would like to see happen in academia in 2022. (The article has details.)
End Discrimination and Special Preferences in UNC Admissions
Colleges and Universities Need to Get Serious about the Assessment of Learning
Improve the Curriculum with a Course on Logic and Argumentation
Time for Governing Boards to Get Tough
Schools of Education Must Change or Die Off
Make Syllabi Public
Record and Post all Board Meetings
Remove “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Courses from General Education
Defund DEI bureaucracy
Bring Back Classical History Studies
(Excerpt) Read more at jamesgmartin.center ...
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