Posted on 09/13/2022 12:11:43 PM PDT by karpov
Is higher education the highest priority for East Carolina University, or is the institution just pushing a political narrative? On August 19th, ECU held its 2022-23 faculty convocation, and the Martin Center was able to attend via livestream. The speeches and events that transpired were eye-opening and revealed much about the path ECU is encouraging faculty to take.
During typical faculty convocations, administrators present necessary (if unexciting) information. Itineraries include the welcoming of new faculty, the presentation of awards, the sharing of syllabus policies, brief lectures from deans, financial and accreditation updates, etc. Any remaining time may be used for non-job-related information, but such material is usually deemphasized given the sheer volume of necessary material.
Unfortunately, ECU’s administrators had these priorities reversed and dedicated the majority of their time to gushing over virtue-signaling and pushing a woke narrative. This came at the expense of topics actually relevant to the instruction of college students and the administration of the university.
The event opened with a so-called land acknowledgement: an homage to the “original custodians” of the soil on which the school was built, the Tuscarora tribe. Happily, this silliness was followed by the most traditional part of the event, in which new faculty were welcomed alongside the chancellor, the vice chancellor, and board members. Additionally, two amendments to the faculty constitution and by-laws were considered and accepted. All told, these concessions to the realities of university governance took fewer than 10 minutes. The remaining time was put to use discussing topics of highly questionable relevance.
(Excerpt) Read more at jamesgmartin.center ...
The same at most colleges and universities...(exception to Hillsdale College)
My alma mater has gone full woke. :>((
I lived in Greenville, NC for a long time - terrible place to live.
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