The University of Chicago is considering the creation of a new critical race studies department. The provost awarded funding to a group that will present a formal proposal.
The University of Chicago is considering the creation of a critical race studies department and is funding an effort to look into creating the new academic unit. The move came just weeks after President Donald Trump had signed an executive order banning federal contractors and grant recipients from teaching Critical Race Theory, which the Trump administration deemed “divisive” and “anti-American propaganda.”
President Joe Biden reversed the order in a flurry of executive orders of his own.
As Campus Reformreported in October, a group of faculty members initiated a diversity strike, during which faculty members pledged not to participate or collaborate in university-sponsored diversity initiatives until their demands were met.
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