In response to the University of Oklahoma’s decision to remove an award-winning teaching assistant from the classroom, “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think,” the university said. “The University will continue to review best practices to ensure that its instructors have the comprehensive training necessary to objectively assess their students’ work without limiting their ability to teach, inspire, and elevate our next generation.” From NBC News.
PERSPECTIVES: When a University Decides to Cash In Its Status as an Institution of Higher Learning
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We hear so much about “Woke” in universities; however, when a TA gives specific and multiple comments to a paper, the TA is fired,
.I guess some folks want everything both ways.