{"id":1282,"date":"2022-09-29T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2022-09-29T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T10:29:54","slug":"w-trepublicans-call-for-transparency-on-education-dept-spending-at-colleges-that-restrict-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/w-trepublicans-call-for-transparency-on-education-dept-spending-at-colleges-that-restrict-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"(W.T)Republicans call for transparency on Education Dept. spending at colleges that restrict free speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2022\/06\/23\/Title_IX_Sexual_Assault_36698.jpg-130ac_c0-0-4936-2877_s885x516.jpg?83cbdaeef4956cb1e8341ecf719c6a598be79d80\" alt=\"In this file photo, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, June 23, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. The proposal was announced on the 50th anniversary of the Title IX women\u2019s rights law. Cardona said Title IX has been \u201cinstrumental\u201d in fighting sexual assault and violence in education. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Top Republicans expressed strong concerns Wednesday to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over reports of colleges and universities actively undermining free speech and academic freedom on their campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina requested an immediate briefing on what actions, if any, the Education Department is taking to adopt an educational environment of tolerance and respect for all opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two lawmakers \u2014 Mr. Comer is the ranking Republican on the Oversight and Reform Committee; Mrs. Foxx holds that position on the Education and Labor Committee \u2014 noted that the federal government provides U.S. academic institutions billions in taxpayer-funded grants yearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are conducting oversight over the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s (the Department) administration of taxpayers\u2019 dollars awarded to public and private colleges and universities under various federal programs. Specifically, we are concerned many of these colleges and universities are undermining free speech and academic freedom on their campuses,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite this problem, the Department does not seem to be engaged in promoting the free exchange of ideas within our colleges and universities,\u201d Mr. Comer and Mrs. Foxx said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Education Department had no immediate response to a request for comment from The Washington Times.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports of attacks on campus free speech are practically a daily news story, and the lawmakers took note of some in their letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They cited how a computer science professor at the University of Washington had been disciplined for refusing to include a divisive \u201cindigenous land acknowledgement\u201d statement on his course syllabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another instance, it took a federal lawsuit for the University of Michigan to disband its \u201cbias response team\u201d which was restricting free speech by seeking out and reporting student conduct that was considered \u201chostile\u201d or \u201cbiased\u201d against specific groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Republicans also criticized the routine shutdown of campus speakers by \u201cdisruptive student protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers noted that American taxpayers supply a substantial financial boost to both public and private universities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/sep\/28\/republicans-call-transparency-education-dept-spend\/\">Washington Times <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Republicans expressed strong concerns Wednesday to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over reports of colleges<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/w-trepublicans-call-for-transparency-on-education-dept-spending-at-colleges-that-restrict-free-speech\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">(W.T)Republicans call for transparency on Education Dept. spending at colleges that restrict free speech<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1290,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions\/1290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/conservativecitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}