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Robert Dale Parker
Robert Dale Parker
@RobertDaleParker@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“'When they say faculty aren’t allowed to advocate for something, what we read that as is, they aren’t allowed to mention it,'” said one academic adviser, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliatory discipline."

The conflation of advocacy & teaching, which are fundamentally different, & which sometimes overlap & sometimes don't, is a key tool of the movement to demolish academic freedom & destroy universities.

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/texas-tech-race-gender-sexuality-review-creighton/

#Education #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #Universities

The Texas Tribune

Texas Tech struggles with new policy on gender, race

The system’s chancellor meant to instill clarity and accountability, but three weeks into the spring semester, some instructors say the standards have led to “censorship.”
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Robert Dale Parker
Robert Dale Parker
@RobertDaleParker@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“'When they say faculty aren’t allowed to advocate for something, what we read that as is, they aren’t allowed to mention it,'” said one academic adviser, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliatory discipline."

The conflation of advocacy & teaching, which are fundamentally different, & which sometimes overlap & sometimes don't, is a key tool of the movement to demolish academic freedom & destroy universities.

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/texas-tech-race-gender-sexuality-review-creighton/

#Education #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #Universities

The Texas Tribune

Texas Tech struggles with new policy on gender, race

The system’s chancellor meant to instill clarity and accountability, but three weeks into the spring semester, some instructors say the standards have led to “censorship.”
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