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Seriously Scary July 8, 2022 12:17 pm podrock

A new law requiring registering political viewpoints for students and professors in Flordia. McCarthy did the same thing, back in the day, demanding information on what Universities and colleges were teaching. My Alma Mater, a private college, told McCarthy to piss off.

Public universities in Florida will be required to survey both faculty and students on their political beliefs and viewpoints, with the institutions at risk of losing their funding if the responses are not satisfactory to the state’s Republican-led legislature.

The unprecedented project, which was tucked into a law signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is part of a long-running, nationwide right-wing push to promote “intellectual diversity” on campuses — though worries over a lack of details on the survey’s privacy protections, and questions over what the results may ultimately be used for, hover over the venture.

Based on the bill’s language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs.

According to the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Ray Rodrigues, faculty will not be promoted or fired based on their responses, but, as The Tampa Bay Times reported Tuesday, the bill itself does not back up those claims.

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/23/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-florida-students-professors-to-register-political-views-with-state/

  • DeSantis is Trump with brains. by ER 2022-07-08 16:25:06
    • That's what scares me. by podrock 2022-07-08 16:31:43

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