Indiana's public colleges and universities will soon have to prove to the state that new degree programs demonstrate a commitment to upholding American values before implementing them.
The Indiana Higher Education Commission is implementing a new program proposal process that requires schools to prove that a course's curriculum develops “civic responsibility” and promotes a “commitment to the core values of American society” in order to win the commission's approval. according to to Indiana public media. Schools in the state have already been cut almost 20% programs due to low enrollment and completion rates, removing courses such as Purdue University Fort Wayne's Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. (EXCLUSIVE: Governor Brown reveals his state's secret to combating high college costs)
Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Brown accepted basic steps keep higher education institutions in check by convincing all 15 of the state's public colleges and universities to keep tuition the same after they asked the commission to recommend a 0% price increase. The commission's latest move appears to be inspired by Brown's plan for higher education.
A general view of the Purdue University campus before the game against the Illinois Fighting Illini on September 30, 2023 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
In July, the governor told the Daily Caller News Foundation that left programming in many educational institutions has pushed companies to stop requiring higher education, believing that they no longer carry the same weight as before. Now the state is committed to making sure college degrees are worth the price.
In January, Governor Brown signed executive order prohibiting taxpayers from funding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives across all government agencies. Specifically, the state now prohibits any “training, instruction, procedure, or program” that promotes “preferential treatment of one individual's particular race, color, ethnicity, or national origin over another.”
Recently, the University of Notre Dame in Indiana tried diminish your Catholic heritagerewriting its staff values to remove the requirement for staff to understand and embrace the “Catholic mission of the university.” After a strong backlash, the university backed down and made “Catholic mission” the first of its five core values.
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