Higher Ed’s Political Naïveté
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Last fall the College Board launched a pilot course for Advanced Placement African American studies in high schools across the country. The course included topics, like Black queer theory, intersectionality, and critical race theory, that were then omitted or played down when a revised framework was released this month. That coincided with statements by Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, that described the pilot course as indoctrination in wokeism, criticizing the inclusion of intersectionality and queer theory. The timing seemed suspicious, and many concluded the curriculum had been altered to please the likely future presidential candidate.
Originally published: February 13, 2023
Author: Holden Thorp
Position: Former Chancellor
Institution: University of North Carolina
Published by: The Chronicle of Higher Ed