Among the things the administration doesn't understand is that every department is different. Different research interests across all of topic, framework, etc, shape things. And that pushes into which classes are taught, reading material, and all that. It's not like Calc I, where they're teaching language as much as anything, consistent across the needs of math majors, physics majors, engineering majors, history majors, and so on.
My perception is that the administration wants there to be a single narrative about Middle Eastern history and current politics. No room for variance. Exactly the opposite of what universities are supposed to be.
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Among the things the administration doesn't understand is that every department is different. Different research interests across all of topic, framework, etc, shape things. And that pushes into which classes are taught, reading material, and all that. It's not like Calc I, where they're teaching language as much as anything, consistent across the needs of math majors, physics majors, engineering majors, history majors, and so on.
My perception is that the administration wants there to be a single narrative about Middle Eastern history and current politics. No room for variance. Exactly the opposite of what universities are supposed to be.