2023 February News

Local

2/23/23: "Former Aurora Public Schools superintendent lands job at CSU"- https://www.9news.com/amp/article/news/education/former-aurora-public-schools-superintendent-colorado-state-university/73-1dbd2bd1-3605-4797-9355-26fe8aa1196a

National

2/7/23: "The New Conservative Playbook on DEI"- This shows the lengths that conservatives are willing to go to support their discrimination and lack of education for people. It made me look up the Manhattan Institute to see what this organization is that is helping to feed disinformation and support discrimination. From their website they view themselves as, "A leading free-market think tank focusing on Economic Growth, Education, Energy and Environment, Health Care, Legal Reform, Public Sector, Race & Urban Policy", so basically all of the things that conservatives are against except the free-market (Manhattan Institute). From looking at their website it is just a conservative group pushing their views and trying to make them look like they are an authority on these topics when they really don't have anything to support their views. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/07/desantis-debuts-new-conservative-playbook-ending-dei?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=57031eea2d-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-57031eea2d-237144525&mc_cid=57031eea2d&mc_eid=ba665d78a3#

2/10/23: "'Procrastination-Friendly' Academe Needs More Deadlines"- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/10/should-professors-eliminate-deadlines?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a48e952138-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a48e952138-237144525&mc_cid=a48e952138&mc_eid=ba665d78a3

2/21/23: "Parents speak out against school canceling honors classes in the name of equity: 'It's not working'"- https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-speak-against-school-canceling-honors-classes-name-equity.amp

Exact Publishing Date Unknown (April): "San Diego Community College District employees terminated over vaccine status"- Good on them. This is one where workers have no right to complain. Certain employment fields have different health and safety regulations and if you are not wanting to follow the rules for that profession then you should find one that meets your own morals or requirements. No one is forcing these workers to be in higher education and they need to find work elsewhere, although I don't know many fields that don't have any rules and if they disagree with basic science who knows what else they won't want to do in other industries.  https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego-community-college-district-employees-terminated-over-vaccine-status/amp/

International

2/17/23: "Iran Forces Dissenters Out of Academe"- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/17/iran-forces-dissenters-out-universities?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=9363198907-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-9363198907-237144525&mc_cid=9363198907&mc_eid=ba665d78a3

Additional Works Cited:

Manhattan Institute. Visited 2/7/23. https://www.manhattan-institute.org/