ISU: Anti-BLM, Pro-Life views are ‘Grounds For Dismissal’
Aug 19, 2020 9:52:39 GMT
Post by Admin on Aug 19, 2020 9:52:39 GMT
‘Giant Warning’: Iowa State University Instructor Warns Anti-BLM, Pro-Life Views Are ‘Grounds For Dismissal’
DCNF | August 18, 2020
Instructor Chloe Clark’s English 250 syllabus includes a “giant warning” advising students that only certain views would be permitted during her classes. “I take this seriously,” she notes at the end of the warning.
YAF was made aware of Clark’s statement through a whistleblower who submitted the syllabus through YAF’s Campus Bias Tip Line.
“The same goes for any papers/projects,” Clark’s statement continues, “you cannot choose any topic that takes at its base that one side doesn’t deserve the same basic human rights as you do (i.e. no arguments against gay marriage, abortion, Black Lives Matter, etc.)”
Clark did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Screenshot of syllabus courtesy of YAF.
The university told the DCNF in a statement that Clark’s syllabus statement is “inconsistent with the university’s standards and its commitment to the First Amendment rights of students.”
“Iowa State is firmly committed to protecting the First Amendment rights of its students, faculty, and staff,” the university statement adds. “With respect to student expression in the classroom, including the completion of assignments, the university does not take disciplinary action against students based on the content or viewpoints expressed in their speech.”
YAF Spokesman Spencer Brown told the DCNF that such situations “arise far too often within institutions that are supposed to be encouraging healthy debate and intellectual curiosity.”
“While it’s good that the university reiterated its support for the First Amendment rights of its students, it is alarming that a faculty member would think openly declaring her intent to silence dissent is in line with the practice of education or the Constitution,” Brown said.
He added: “Unless concerned students are willing to stand up to this censorship, higher education will continue to rot away.”