Is Education Running Scared?

from Shelley’s Plumbline · host Shelley Stewart

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode, Ricky highlights the erosion of intellectual freedom in Alabama, citing issues at Auburn University and the University of Alabama regarding the dismantling of faculty senates and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. They argue that university leadership is either cowed by the threat of losing state funding or ideologically aligned with white supremacist efforts to limit diversity and critical thinking.They challenge the myth that universities are inherently progressive spaces, noting that many never truly committed to integration in the first place.Support the showFollow us and continue the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

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Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Ricky highlights the erosion of intellectual freedom in Alabama, citing issues at Auburn University and the University of Alabama regarding the dismantling of faculty senates and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. They argue that university leadership is either cowed by the threat of losing state funding or ideologically aligned with white supremacist efforts to limit diversity and critical thinking. They challenge the myth that universiti...