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Texas A&M policies require removal of content on race, gender, and sexual orientation; over 200 courses flagged, including philosophy modules on Plato’s same-sex love themes.
- On Tuesday , philosophy professor Martin Peterson was told to remove selected passages from Plato's Symposium in his Contemporary Moral Problems syllabus via an email from Philosophy department chair Kristi Sweeney.
- Last year, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents revised rules barring classes from advocating race or gender ideology without a campus president's approval, and professors submitted core-curriculum syllabi for review in December using A.I. software.
- Peterson had selected passages from Plato's Symposium, including Aristophanes's 'Myth of the Androgyne' discussing three kinds of human beings, and Diotima's ladder of love.
- Peterson said the policy censors professors and limits academic freedom, replacing Plato passages with lectures after administrators' requests, with at least 200 courses flagged before January 12.
- Following a prior controversy that cost campus leaders their jobs, Texas A&M University tightened oversight after firing Melissa McCoul and Mark Welsh's departure last year.
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New guidelines mean that teachers are no longer allowed to teach topics such as gender ideology at Texas A&M University. This had consequences for Swedish Martin Peterson, who has now had to remove Plato from a philosophy course. “It’s absurd.”
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Professor From Teaching About Plato Due To 'Gender Ideology' Policy
Texas A&M University (TAMU), originally called the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is a public university in College Station, Texas. One of the largest research institutions in the United States, it is still beholden to the whims of the Texas state government.In November, the school's Board of Regents passed sweeping reforms banning all race and gender ideology "advocacy" in lessons without their prior approval, forcing professors …
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
PLATO // Letina_x // Creative CommonsErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.Even Plato is not safe from the war on “woke.”Writings from Plato, the ancient Greek scholar whose work is often considered the bedrock of modern philosophy, were deemed too controversial for the classroom by officials at Texas A&M University - College Station because of their discus…
University Bans Philosophy Professor From Teaching About Plato Because It’s Too Gay
LGBTQNation reports that a professor at Texas A&M University was allegedly told to stop teaching Plato in an introductory course because of the school’s new policy banning the teaching of “gender ideology”. Read more at LGBTQNation
Texas A&M flags parts of Plato readings as violations of new anti-gender theory policy
Texas A&M University is implementing a policy change that bars advocacy of race or gender ideology in most classrooms, which has drawn criticism from academics who believe it will limit academic freedom and may violate the First Amendment.
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