Texas A&M Philosophy Professor to Not Teach Plato Due to New University Policies
Over 200 courses have been flagged or canceled for race or gender content following a board-mandated AI review, raising concerns over academic freedom and enrollment drops.
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Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities. At least 200 courses in the Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences have been flagged or canceled by university leaders for gender- or race-related content as the university undertakes its review of all course syllabi, faculty members told Inside Higher Ed.
Texas A&M deems Plato unnecessary for approved thought
Texas A&M has decided that Plato is not to be taught, a determination that suggests the problem is not ancient philosophy but what happens when people read it. As Daily Nous reports, the university has instructed a professor not to teach Plato's work in a "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, an act that is both historically incoherent and politically revealing. — Read the rest The post Texas A&M deems Plato unnecessary for approved thought appe…
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