Candidates may also have backgrounds in” social fairness” and DEI.
According to an open task listing, candidates for a place as a University of New Mexico music doctor should have an interest in the “decolonized audio training curriculum.”
Other potential interests include” social justice”, or” community- engaged performance practices”, according to the job posting for a visiting assistant professor.
” A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and student success as well as working with broadly diverse communities”, is also sought.
The job requirements are about the university’s” 2040 goals” for “diversity” on campus, according to a university statement sent to , The College Fix.
” The College]of Fine Arts ], along with the University, has a longstanding commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion”, a spokesperson told The College Fix via email.
The College of Fine Arts supports the University’s 2040 objectives of respecting and celebrating all people’s differences and promoting working and learning in a collaborative setting where diversity is valued and people have a common sense of belonging.
Among other things, these 2040 goals include “address]ing ] historical and current injustices and inequities among URM and other minoritized faculty”, and “doubling Hispanic doctoral student]enrollment ] through analyzing doctoral student demographic composition by race and ethnicity and doctoral degree conferral rates by race and ethnicity”.
The university did not respond to questions regarding the meaning of “decolonized music education curriculum” and examples of social justice and music.
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The College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico has stated that its goal is to positively affect the area and give to all underrepresented people in the state a high-quality education in the fine arts.
“]T] he College itself provides a comprehensive curriculum and incorporates DEI values in music education that provide a strong practical, theoretical, and philosophical foundation for all its students”, a spokesperson said.
An education commentator criticized “decolonization” in music education.
In an email to The Fix, Heartland Institute fellow S. T. Karnick referred to it as” the academic equivalent of tearing down the statues of great leaders of the past.”
According to Karnick,” Programs that support such doctrines disrespect students and their parents and undermine the foundations of the civilization on which those very institutions are based.”
Taxpayers should n’t be coerced into supporting these heinous crimes, Karnick argued. The federal government should make sure that, at least, all campus programs adhere to the nation’s Bill of Rights, and that all academic institutions that accept students ‘ Pell Grants, federal student loans, or any other funding through government regulations, do so.
According to Karnick, “institutions that want to undermine our freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, firearms, and other rights and privileges of Americans ‘ citizens should have their own way without taxpayer support.”
” Scholars have a right to think and say whatever is on their minds,” he said. They have no right, however, to use other people’s money for that purpose.”
Other institutions are looking to incorporate DEI into the fine arts, including the University of New Mexico. For example, Ohio State University has an” anti- racist dance “instructor.
The University of California Berkeley also employs a” social justice theatre practitioner.”
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