Ohio State has 150 Diversity Officials, But Will Hire 50 Profs to Address Social Justice
“President Kristina Johnson stated last month that she was encouraged by the Task Force on Racism and Racial Inequities to hire 150 new faculty within a new initiative”
It’s a good thing we gave colleges and universities all that COVID stimulus money. How else would they hire more diversity and social justice staffers?
The College Fix reports:
Ohio State employs 150 diversity officials. Now it will hire 50 professors focused on social and racial justice.
Ohio State University recently announced it plans to hire 50 faculty members focused on addressing social equity and racial disparities.
The news comes as an economics professor and higher education watchdog calculated that the public university currently employs 150 diversity officials at a cost of $12 million annually.
In a 2021 state of the university address, President Kristina Johnson stated last month that she was encouraged by the Task Force on Racism and Racial Inequities to hire 150 new faculty within a new initiative called RAISE, which stands for race, inclusion and social equity.
“At least 50 of our RAISE faculty will be scientists, artists and scholars whose work addresses social equity and racial disparities in fields such as health care, education, justice and public safety, resources and the environment, the arts and creative expression, economic opportunity and leadership — building on what is already world-class scholarship across our colleges,” Johnson stated.
She added that the initiative would include a goal of hiring 100 underrepresented and Black, Indigenous, and people of color employees, also known as BIPOC, in all fields of scholarship, suggesting some sort of affirmative action plan.
Johnson said that equal representation of minorities is of primary importance to the OSU mission.
“I want every single Ohio State student to be able to look across the lecture hall or seminar table and understand immediately that their dreams are valid and achievable,” she said in her statement.
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Virtue signaling is very expensive.
Anyone who doubts that “reverse discrimination” has occurred throughout the country for the last 50 years should just look at their “goal” of hiring 100 “BIPOC” faculty members. White males need not apply.
I doubt any self-respecting white male would apply in the first place.
If OSU hires anyone with one-time money, they’re stupider than it seems. My school is using the money for one-time stipends and the like, because ongoing positions can’t be funded with this money.
Meanwhile, forget the illegal aspect of announcing hires based on race. There aren’t 100 quality minorities sitting around waiting for a call from OSU. Good luck with that.
Oh, and the back to top button is really annoying when trying to post from a phone.