Colleges and universities are adapting to federal and state directives targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts by generating keyword lists to review their language. This response, exemplified by Florida State University, reflects a growing "culture of fear" and an unsettling environment for academic freedom. Notably, certain words like 'woman' are flagged while others, like 'man,' are not; this selective scrubbing raises questions about the criteria used. Experts remark that these measures echo practices in federal agencies going through grant applications, indicating a broader trend in compliance-oriented filtering of academic language.
Colleges and universities are increasingly using keyword lists to scrub DEI-related language from their communications in compliance with federal and state directives.
Robin Goodman criticized the arbitrary nature of flagged terms, noting that while 'woman' is considered dangerous, terms like 'man' or 'sex' remain unflagged.
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