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      Commentary: George Mason’s Orwellian “Just Societies” Requirement

      March 01, 2024 1 min read

      Bryan Caplan
      James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

      Excerpt: I recently discovered that George Mason University, where I teach, plans to adopt a “Just Societies” course requirement. “Students entering Mason in Fall 2024 or later will be required to take two Mason Core courses that have the Just Societies flag.”

      If you read any closer, you unsurprisingly discover that this is a thinly veiled woke-indoctrination requirement. Students are not exploring substantively different views on justice; they are hearing about “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” in all its Orwellian wonder.

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