Core beliefs/content accommodation policies and teaching practice

After nearly five years of litigation and public debate, the University of Utah now follows a Content Accommodations policy that outlines how students may ask for university curriculum to be altered based on their sincerely held beliefs. This essay is written about experiences teaching at another pu...

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Published in:First amendment studies 2018-07, Vol.52 (1-2), p.126-136
Main Author: Steimel, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
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content accommodations
First Amendment
Higher education
trigger warnings
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Summary:After nearly five years of litigation and public debate, the University of Utah now follows a Content Accommodations policy that outlines how students may ask for university curriculum to be altered based on their sincerely held beliefs. This essay is written about experiences teaching at another public university in Utah (Weber State), which has a similar Core Beliefs policy written in the aftermath of the University of Utah lawsuit. Teaching under a core beliefs policy has resulted in at least three notable influences on my own teaching practices: tensions between planning and spontaneity, vagaries surrounding reasonable accommodation, and pre-curation (or self-censorship) strategies.
ISSN:2168-9725
2168-9733
DOI:10.1080/21689725.2018.1507833