Mandatory Diversity Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE SEP 1, 2018 8:00 AM

Diversity is the new unofficial religion in higher education. Heretics beware.

• Researcher Position at U. Michigan Requires Commitment to Diversity
• Nebraska State Senator Under Fire for Opposing Hire of ‘Diversity Vice Chancellor’ at University
• Task Force Recommends Compulsory Social Justice Training at SUNY Plattsburgh

Who dropped the ball here?

• Clemson Drops Mandated Commitment to Social Justice for RAs

Please note: Diversity doesn’t count for Republicans.

• Academics Petition to Have Public Service Award Taken Away from Condoleezza Rice
• WaPo Reporter Demonstrates Bias in Tweet About Betsy DeVos and Due Process on Campus

Compare and contrast.

• Tennessee Program Offering Free College for Adults Flooded With Applicants
• 70 Percent of Applicants Rejected by Andrew Cuomo’s Free College Program
• University of Illinois to Provide Free Tuition for Some In-State Students

It’s all the rage.

• U. Colorado-Boulder Offering ‘Whiteness Studies’ Course
• UC Berkeley to Offer Course on ‘Deconstructing Whiteness’

Scandals 101.

• Faculty Sexual Misconduct Accusations Shake Oberlin College
• Student Who Falsely Accused Two Football Players of Rape Gets Year in Prison

What could go wrong?

• Econ Prof Who Worked on Sanders Campaign Now Advising Dems on Universal Jobs Plan
• Young Democratic Socialists of America Urges Comrades to Become Teachers
• Student Workers at Swarthmore Planning to Unionize Over ‘Labor Exploitation’

You don’t say.

• UNC Still Having Issues Despite North Carolina’s Campus-Free Speech Act

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