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Florida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universities (www.miamiherald.com)
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Florida’s public universities will no longer allow a standalone introductory sociology course to count toward general-education requirements after state leaders on Thursday approved a sweeping, systemwide ban that reflects years of Republican criticism of the discipline.

The move — which was not originally on the agenda for the State University System’s Board of Governors — will effectively relegate introductory sociology to an elective starting this fall, removing it from the core curriculum taken by most undergraduates.

It also marks an escalation in Florida leaders’ efforts to reshape college instruction, particularly on topics such as race, gender and inequality, which conservative officials have increasingly targeted as “woke.”

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 57 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Conservatives can't tolerate people considering why and how a society takes a particular form, because that can lead to them wondering how it could be better, and any honest answer to that question leads away from conservatism.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Also: confused sociology and socialism.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 17 points 6 days ago

It honestly seems possible that's the reason

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

1984: even the language was reduced, so as to reduce thinking..

Republicans & Leninists/Marxists reducing language to their-allowed-terms/their-allowed-meanings .. to reduce thinking..

Well, it is effective at producing results..

< sigh >

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Don’t come crying to me when no one wants to hire you because your degree is from a public university in Florida.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago

Florida is all turning into abandoned swampland some time in the next few years anyways.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I didn't know US had public universities. I always assumed they were all private considering that Americans take literally loans to pay tuition.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh they're public, but people still take massive loans, they're just not as massive if you live near. The tax money these places get ends up going to places like research grants but also ungodly administrative paychecks

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago

Fun Fact: California had free university tuition until Reagan cancelled it literally because black students were developing hopes of social mobility.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Current US leadership will make it illegal to not hire people from Florida universities. Simple fix.

[–] kiwilad@forum.macaque.social 8 points 6 days ago

Making people dumber doesn't seem like the solution. But I guess if their goal is a compliant population of sheep that can't think, then this furthers their end goals. 😒