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1. theamk+Fb[view] [source] 2026-02-04 20:28:42
>>JumpCr+(OP)
I think political interference is a horrible thing for university education.

But that particular part - "laws requiring professors to publicly post their course outlines in searchable databases" - is great, and should be done everywhere. There are actually universities who _claim_ to have great math (or physics or other science) program, but actually just teach it at "advanced high school" level. So public syllabi - something that was very common in 2000's but going out of style today - are critical for anyone choosing the university to go to.

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2. ebiest+rr[view] [source] 2026-02-04 21:40:59
>>theamk+Fb
So, that sounds fine in theory.

What's happening in practice, though, is a group of people (like Campus Watch) are looking specifically for anyone teaching gender, trans issues, race, and religion, and analyzing the coursework through their ideologies and harassing professors on account of it. And they're going through past years as well as present.

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3. Eddy_V+aw[view] [source] 2026-02-04 22:04:59
>>ebiest+rr
Not sharing course outlines is not going to help make this problem better. Better to face those groups head on than hide.
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4. UncleM+bS[view] [source] 2026-02-05 00:13:03
>>Eddy_V+aw
It observably does make it better.

A friend of mine was harassed by these sorts of groups for their teaching. They received death threats, hardcore pornography, and gore in their inbox from these chuds. The trigger was the availability of their course material online.

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