{"id":1182139,"date":"2022-01-03T05:04:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T10:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1182139"},"modified":"2022-01-03T05:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T10:04:31","slug":"public-university-offers-professors-cash-to-go-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-university-offers-professors-cash-to-go-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Public University Offers Professors Cash To Go Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpublic-university-offers-professors-cash-to-go-woke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1182139&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/\">Campus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">University of Memphis asks faculty to infuse social justice into curricula<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1217490139_736x514.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1217490139_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1217490139_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1217490139_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/matthew-foldi\/\" title=\"Posts by Matthew Foldi\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Matthew Foldi<\/a> \u2022 January 3, 2022 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A public Tennessee university is offering professors financial incentives for &#8220;infusing&#8221; social justice into their classes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The University of Memphis told faculty they could collect a $3,000 stipend for redesigning their curricula to align with the university&#8217;s commitment to &#8220;diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice,&#8221; according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/us20.campaign-archive.com\/?e=__test_email__&amp;u=307cfa65e342a9ef593822e87&amp;id=1ce75aeb4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/us20.campaign-archive.com\/?e%3D__test_email__%26u%3D307cfa65e342a9ef593822e87%26id%3D1ce75aeb4a&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640289807198000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0476ff-3n7FOVKbGFHSsoz\">email<\/a> sent to all faculty obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. The offer is part of the university&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphis.edu\/justice\/workgroups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eradicating Systemic Racism and Promoting Social Justice Initiative<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Interested faculty are asked to submit a copy of syllabi to be reworked as well as a 500-word &#8220;narrative&#8221; on their &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion philosophy&#8221; and how the new lessons will &#8220;address disparities&#8221; in their subject area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The University of Memphis&#8217;s offer is part of a growing trend on college campuses, where the overt promotion of social justice has become the new norm. At Ohio&#8217;s Kenyon College, a small liberal arts school, professors can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/kenyon-college-adds-diversity-efforts-to-tenure-promotion-guidelines\/545220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer receive tenure<\/a> unless they can demonstrate &#8220;promotion of an inclusive classroom environment that values diversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The stipend offer from a public university has triggered concerns from both faculty and lawmakers over use of taxpayer money. One faculty member who requested anonymity due to fear of retribution said the offer &#8220;makes you scratch your head&#8221; due to the school&#8217;s financial restraints.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a hard time retaining good faculty at our salary levels, so anytime you see money being spent on non-student or non-faculty causes, it makes you scratch your head,&#8221; the professor said. &#8220;Could this money be spent on students or retaining quality faculty rather than a progressive agenda that isn&#8217;t likely supported by the taxpayers or voters of Tennessee?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The professor said he&#8217;s concerned that otherwise apolitical courses would now be used to turn students into activists.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure how changing an accounting, nursing, or engineering course to align with social justice principles helps students,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When faculty are underpaid in the first place, it&#8217;s hard to blame them for taking this money. But it creates an incentive for a nonpartisan instructor to turn their students into activists for a few extra dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Tim Burchett (R., Tenn.) said the university leadership should be &#8220;ashamed&#8221; for using taxpayer money to push professors toward &#8220;useless teaching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Leadership at the University of Memphis should be ashamed for bribing professors to advance this useless teaching,&#8221; Burchett said after his office was alerted of the new program. &#8220;Students are better prepared for professional careers if they learn the three R&#8217;s\u2014reading, writing, and arithmetic\u2014instead of woke activism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The University of Memphis did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The taxpayer-funded school expects that grant winners will &#8220;serve as Course Design Ambassadors for their home departments, colleges, and centers.&#8221; Interested applicants have until Jan. 28 to submit social justice grants to the university, with hopes that new courses could be implemented as soon as next fall.<\/p>\n<p>The university&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphis.edu\/justice\/workgroups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a> on promoting social justice states a &#8220;need for faculty, staff, and students to become more culturally competent and knowledgeable about all races and cultures in a world made increasingly smaller by globalization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regrettably, many have not had in-depth training, experience, or exposure to navigate experiences involving cross-racial, cross-cultural issues of diverse groups, but desire training to do so,&#8221; the university writes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The University of Memphis professor said he thinks money would be better spent on retaining talent and lowering tuition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I think the taxpayers of Tennessee should be aware that the administration is prioritizing spending money on systemic racism above retaining faculty, staff, cost-cutting, or lowering tuition,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus University of Memphis asks faculty to infuse social justice into curricula  Matthew Foldi \u2022 January 3, 2022 5:00 am A public Tennessee university is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}