Sen. Lynn Evans (left) and Rep. Taylor Collins have asked the Iowa Board of Regents to deny the University of Iowa’s request to form a new school at its February meeting. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Two Iowa lawmakers have urged the Iowa Board of Regents to deny the University of Iowa’s request to form a new school that would include programs in African American studies, gender, sexuality and women’s studies, Native American and Indigenous studies and more.
Sen. Lynn Evans, R-Aurelia, and Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, sent a letter to the Board of Regents Jan. 8 saying the UI’s proposal to form a School of Social and Cultural Analysis should be rejected, as it brings together “ideologically driven programs,” rather than doing away with them…