As first reported at Campus Reform, “The University of Houston (UH) administration recently sent faculty at the school a non-indoctrination form, through which the faculty were instructed to pledge not to ‘indoctrinate’ their students into any particular ideology.”
Of course, universities were not meant to be centers of indoctrination in the first place; however, they have, in most cases, become just that.
The form asks faculty to agree to five statements namely “(1) that a primary purpose of higher education is to enhance critical thinking, (2) that professors should not indoctrinate students, (3) that he or she understands critical thinking, (4) that his or her courses are designed to improve critical thinking, (5) and that his or her pedagogical methods are used to enhance critical thinking.”
This is a major step for a university to commit to this instead of training social justice warriors and Woke ideologues.
This importantly comes after the passage of Senate Bill 37 in Texas, which allowed students to file complaints against Woke indoctrination.
“For too long, unelected faculty senates have operated behind closed doors, steering curriculum decisions, influencing institutional policy, issuing political statements to divest from Israel, and even organizing votes of ‘no confidence’ that undermine public trust,” said Texas State Sen. Brandon Creighton, a supporter of the legislation, in April.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot prohibited Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives by signing Senate Bill 17 in 2023. Abbot’s office explained that he wanted to give “people the opportunity to advance based on talent and merit.”
As usual, not all the professors were on board in opposing woke education.
Apparently, indoctrination is a necessity to some professors.
“UH’s chapter of the left-wing American Association of University Professors (AAUP) even drafted a note for faculty members to send to the deans rather than completing the form as requested.”
The University of Houston seems to be one of the few that are actually taking steps to move towards education and away from indoctrination.
All colleges in America should be centers of education and the free exchange of ideas, sadly, however, this is the exception to the rule.
The University of Houston recently closed down it’s Gender Studies Center.
We shall see if other schools follow suit; however, sadly, the likelihood of that happening is slim. Woke and progressive indoctrination is contrary to what academia is about.
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