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Andy Ogles: “Part of the form that [Belmont professors] have to fill out…”

Featuring: Andy Ogles, Republican | U.S. House Tennessee, District 5

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But to your point, Daniel, I think you said is, so if a teacher wants to teach a new course at Belmont. So it's a proposal form. Part of the form that [Belmont professors] have to fill out is actually a diversity statement. They have to talk about how it's dei. So this idea that they weren't doing this is nonsense. And so in fact, it's because of whistleblowers who are taking screenshots of the forms they're filling out. (29:02–29:10)

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Asserts that Belmont professors must include a diversity statement in course proposal forms.

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