College students and professors in Ohio protested the reintroduction of a higher education overhaul bill that would ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, limit classroom discussions on 'controversial topics,' and restrict faculty strikes.
“protested so loud that when the lawmakers tried to talk to the press in another room, their chants were in the background”These students know that this represents a loss of power for the left in higher education. That’s all this is about.
Ohio Republicans have reintroduced their higher education overhaul bill that will ban diversity efforts, so-called “bias” in classrooms and faculty strikes. College students and professors from across the state protested so loud that when the lawmakers tried to talk to the press in another room, their chants were in the background.“My first demonstration out here was summer of freshman year,” OSU junior Brielle Shorter said. “Two years later, I’m back.
“We are promoting more speech, not less speech as some of our opponents said,” Cirino said. “More discussion and debate on all topics, less indoctrination.” “I talked with a lot of professors and students who are self-censoring and feel the need not just, not just the DEI side, but it’s also the lack of diversity of thought accepted,” the Republican continued.
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