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Reform in 2022: Our Hopes for the New Year
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | December 31, 2021

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

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