Vanderbilt report on liberal bias in the humanities sparks outrage in higher education
Education,Higher Education,Colleges And Universities,English,Ideological Bias
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A Vanderbilt University report has ruffled feathers in higher education with its conclusion that social justice politics, rather than knowledge, drives much of today's humanities scholarship.
The "State of Scholarship" report faults contemporary history, philosophy, anthropology, music, sociology and literature studies for prioritizing liberal race and gender identity agendas over the "disinterested inquiry" that traditionally guides research.
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