‘Our governor does not have expertise [or] knowledge in these areas’
Academics at Virginia Commonwealth University aren’t happy that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to review the school’s “racial literacy” curriculum before it becomes a requirement for new students.
Similar to what transpired at other campuses, the VCU Undergraduate Curriculum Committee created a “racial literacy” requirement in response to the murder of George Floyd. It was slated to begin last fall.
However, the university put the kibosh on the mandatory aspect, noting it did not have “enough instructors to provide qualifying courses to the incoming 5,000 freshmen and transfer students.”Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos noted courses such as “Introduction to Race and Racism in the United States” and “Reading Race” were still available to students, but they were optional.But the VCU student newspaper reported last month that “after years of petitioning” the “racial literacy” requirement is back on the table, possibly for this […]
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