The Chronicle: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Discuss Curricula in Final Hearing on Bias in Classrooms
In its final hearing on whether Pennsylvania’s public colleges indoctrinate students in left-wing ideology and discriminate against conservatives, a committee of state lawmakers went somewhat off-topic on Thursday to discuss whether more emphasis on the traditions of Western civilization would serve as an antidote to any liberal bias in academe.
David W. Saxe, an associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, testified that studies of Western intellectual traditions were being crowded out of college curricula. That’s why he wants to create a Center for the Study of Free Institutions and Civic Education at his institution.
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