Dept. of Education orders two universities to remodel Middle East studies program, alleging it inappropriately uses federal grants to advance 'ideological priorities' and does not adequately highlight 'positive' imagery of Christianity and Judaism.
The Department of Education has ordered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University to remodel their joint Middle East studies program, alleging that it inappropriately uses federal grants to advance"ideological priorities" and that the curriculum does not spend enough time highlighting"positive" imagery of Christianity and Judaism.
"It seems clear foreign language instruction and area studies advancing the security and economic stability of the United States have taken 'a back seat' to other priorities at the Duke-UNC CMES," the letter said. The Education Department was asked in April to look into the universities' joint program by Republican North Carolina Rep. George Holding, who claimed he'd seen"reports of severe anti-Israeli bias and anti-Semitic rhetoric at a taxpayer-funded conference."
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