A professor has accused Monterey Peninsula College of favoring political correctness over academic freedom, after a campus committee shelved a course he had proposed because he refused to describe how it would deal with multicultural issues.
David Clemens, a professor of English, says the Curriculum Advisory Committee, which reviews all proposed courses, is attempting to push classes “beyond content and into sociology.” He takes issue with a committee policy that requires course sponsors to answer a question about “how course topics are treated to develop a knowledge and understanding of race, class, and gender issues.”
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