Living in the Past Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE MAY 15, 2021 8:00 AM

Why does it seem like so many things about higher education are going in reverse?

• Biden Picks Catherine Lhamon, Enemy of Campus Due Process, To Head Civil Rights Office in Education Dept.
• Biden Reversing Trump Rules to Allow Undocumented Students Access to Pandemic Aid
• New Diversity Hiring Practices at George Mason U. Encourage Choosing Skin Color Over Qualifications

The examples are everywhere.

• Columbia University Students Start Communist Club
• Young Democratic Socialists at UC-Santa Barbara Demand School Give $900 Payments to All Students

Critical race theory is also everywhere.

• As “Critical Race Theory” Becomes Toxic Term, New Codenames and Keywords Emerge
• American Medical Association Rejects “Equality” and “Meritocracy” In Just-Released “Racial Justice” and “Equity” Strategic Plan
• Washington Gov. Inslee Signs Bill Requiring Critical Race Training For Public School Teachers

Compare and contrast.

• Betsy DeVos: ‘Let’s be Really Clear. The 1619 Project is Not History’
• Psaki: Teaching Critical Race Theory, 1619 Project is ‘Responsible’

What political bias?

• Liberal Commencement Speakers Massively Outnumber Conservatives Yet Again
• Student Leaders at Point Loma Nazarene University Refuse to Approve Conservative Club

This is indoctrination.

• Canadian Professor Suspended and Forced to Undergo Training for ‘Denying Systemic Racism’
• U. Oklahoma Refuses to End Compelled Speech in Mandatory Diversity Training for Staff

Crazy and crazier.

• Northwestern Student Journalist Claims the Way White People Walk on Sidewalks is Racist
• Cornell University Librarian Declares Dewey Decimal System is Racist

Must just be a coincidence.

• All Three Finalists for New President of Evergreen State College Drop Out of Running

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