Gavin Escott

freelance journalist | words in @USATODAY | @chronicle | @WiStateJournal @dailycardinal @ghostislandme @WORTnews | [email protected]

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What happens when political pressure pushes a university to enforce an anti-DEI law with no guidance for compliance? (Hint: it's gonna be messy)

my last story for @chronicle
https://t.co/E3ioVRDPnE

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How you know it’s really good

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Auburn’s now-dissolved university senate said in a statement it had been aware some changes might occur, but was “surprised” to learn the scope of the changes yesterday morning. Several faculty leaders have said Thursday was the first they heard of the changes

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Update: Both proposals were passed unanimously Friday

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Breaking: Auburn University's Board of Trustees is weighting whether to eliminate the university senate + grant itself control of curricular decisions -- even though Auburn is exempt from a state law requiring this

by me for @chronicle

https://t.co/0c2GuFccA3

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*weighing

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Breaking: Auburn University's Board of Trustees is weighting whether to eliminate the university senate + grant itself control of curricular decisions -- even though Auburn is exempt from a state law requiring this

by me for @chronicle

https://t.co/0c2GuFccA3

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and though the compliance effort is now a more-standard canvas module, the effect on faculty could could be more long-lasting. Per a recent faculty survey: (4/4)

[Gavin Escott @gav_escott]

What happens when political pressure pushes a university to enforce an anti-DEI law with no guidance for compliance? (Hint: it's gonna be messy)

my last story for @chronicle
https://t.co/E3ioVRDPnE

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Forms differed between colleges — there were no uniform deadlines and not every form referred to the same set of laws — which AU admin said was OK. To many faculty, the forms were seen as an attempt to put the legal onus on them, instead of the university (3/4)

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@LiamPBeran @MKEPressClub congrats Liam! this was such a great read

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Dark chocolate may not be as beneficial as you think to treating cholesterol. https://t.co/mI6bRIoBd7

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Drink orange juice every day? Think before you take that next sip. https://t.co/jX2bJXgipn

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I'm a youth mental health reporter at @USATODAY . I also spent my childhood and teenage years in an ice rink. I wrote about what Alysa Liu's win means for our next generation of skaters: https://t.co/r45oeySL9j

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@annakleiber03 @JournalStarNews congrats anna! excited to see your stories

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per NYT: https://t.co/ogaJFKJxuc

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Rare instance of a school enforcing its policy on recording — at least two students who recorded former Harvard president Larry Summers after his connections to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced last month are facing investigation

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Secretly recording classrooms is against the policies of many universities. But rarely do perpetrators face consequences, and even if they do, the damage is already done in the eyes of faculty. Some have changed how -- and what -- they teach

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ultimately led to the system Board of Regents banning courses that advocate for “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without administrative approval. One student with a camera, huge impact. (2/2)

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Complaints over whether certain subjects belong in the classroom aren't new. But what is - and especially alarming to faculty - is some students are now recording their profs + uploading videos online to effect change. And they're succeeding. New from me:
https://t.co/LUdwaGNPIW

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I started working on this story after a student-made recording of a Texas A&M instructor went viral in September, leading to the instructors firing and the removal of her supervisors. The students main gripe -- the courses inclusion of gender/sexuality she said was illegal (1/2)

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ultimately led to the system Board of Regents banning courses that advocate for “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without administrative approval. One student with a camera, huge impact. (2/2)

[Gavin Escott @gav_escott]

Secretly recording classrooms is against the policies of many universities. But rarely do perpetrators face consequences, and even if they do, the damage is already done in the eyes of faculty. Some have changed how -- and what -- they teach