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Group Tracks Growing Number of 'Canceled' Faculty at American Colleges

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It is no secret that the far left has infiltrated higher education. But Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, says his organization is doing all it can to expose the spread of woke ideology on America's college campuses. The National Association of Scholars operates a cancel culture tracker to document each time a faculty member at a college or university is canceled by his or her employer. The group now has tracked hundreds of cases, Wood says. "We decided once the numbers started to pile up that it would be a good thing to have one place where we can go to see how often this is happening," Wood says. "Virtually every week we get approached by another faculty member at some college or university saying, 'What can I do?'" Wood joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain the biggest issues he sees in higher education and what can be done to resolve them. He also discusses why the University of North Carolina denied tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of The New York Times' controversial 1619 Project. We also cover these stories: Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border as vice president on Friday.  The Supreme Court sides with a high school cheerleader in an important free speech case. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state's schools will teach children about the evils of communism.  Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, June 24.

0:09.3

I'm Rachel Dulljudas.

0:10.5

And I'm Virginia Allen.

0:12.4

Higher education is now a stronghold of the political left.

0:16.2

But what can be done about it?

0:18.1

Peter Wood, the president of the National Association of Scholars, joins the podcast to

0:22.6

explain the state of higher education.

0:25.5

We also discuss how many universities have embraced the 1619 project and the University of

0:31.9

North Carolina's decision to deny the author of that project, Nicole Hannah Jones, tenure.

0:38.2

Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star

0:42.6

rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.

0:46.2

Now today's interview was recorded at the Heritage Foundation's Resource Bank Conference,

0:50.1

so please excuse any background noise.

0:52.9

And now onto our top news.

1:03.5

Vice President Kamala Harris will be making her very first trip to the U.S. Mexico border

1:07.4

as Vice President.

1:09.1

Harris who is tasked in March by President Joe Biden to be the point person for the

1:13.2

border crisis will be visiting El Paso, Texas, and will be accompanied by Homeland Security

1:17.8

Secretary Alejandro Marecas.

1:20.3

Harris has been criticized for being the point person for the crisis while not visiting

1:23.8

the border itself.

1:25.3

Here is what Coaches County Sheriff Mark Daniels told the Daily Signal in April about the

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