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North Carolina lawmakers are pushing a bill requiring public college students to read foundational American documents, sparking debate over academic freedom. Read to learn more.
Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow? States have long imposed specific standards on what K-12 public schools must teach. During the Obama era, the Common Core movement even tried to establish nationwide standards for math and English at these grade levels.
The 24-member University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved its agenda, which included the diversity policy repeal, with two members voting against it.
The UNC Board of Governors voted on Thursday to repeal a 2019 policy implementing DEI mandates at every North Carolina public university in the system.