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Rhiannon12866

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2. Has any president in history ever gotten involved with what is taught at private universities and colleges??
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:46 AM
Apr 20

That is certainly the last thing I could have imagined! Doesn't he have an actual job or is he farming most of out to Musk?? And you're completely right, this is an extension of the book banning, most of the books I was assigned in high school are apparently on that list.

I was horrified a few years back when MAGA went after New College in Florida, dropping courses that were required for certain majors so students had to find another school and firing teachers and board members. That college sticks in my mind since I graduated from a girls' boarding school (established 1879) so many of us were looking for more liberal colleges and one of my classmates was interested in New College.

And you have a very good point, many colleges offer "liberal arts" - which TFG likely has no idea what that is. I believe my college was one of those, students could major in economics, literature, history, math, art, numerous subjects, I majored in psychology. I can see that certain books aren't appropriate for every age level, but college is a different story. And I sure agree that ceasing funding for schools that engage in groundbreaking research in unconscionable. Historically, a president's job is to make life better for the people, not restricting choices for their personal lives, but that's what this aspiring dictator is doing.

And I'm a graduate of Hamilton College where President Obama spoke recently. I sure hope that this doesn't make my school a target.

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