University of Houston Drops Diversity and Inclusion Statements From Hiring, Promotion Practices
“In order to ensure compliance with state and federal law, we will not support or use DEI statements or factors in hiring or promotion anywhere in the University of Houston System”
This is hapening at more and more schools now. It’s very encouraging.
FOX 26 in Houston reports:
University of Houston removes diversity, inclusion statements from hiring practices
The University of Houston system announced they will be removing diversity, equity, and inclusion statements from their hiring practices on Friday.
According to Houston Public Media, which is licensed by the University of Houston, UH Chancellor Renu Khator send out an email to the campus community saying they will no longer use DEI statements or factors in their hiring or promotion processes.
“In order to ensure compliance with state and federal law, we will not support or use DEI statements or factors in hiring or promotion anywhere in the University of Houston System,” the email from Khator said.
UH freshman Mariam Yahiam said the directive feels regressive. “I just think that’s a little backwards. I feel like we are moving ahead and UH is a big school. I feel like part of their culture is how diverse it is and being able to walk on campus and seeing how diverse it is and seeing so many people of different backgrounds,” Yahiam said. “It’s definitely not the UH culture and I think taking that out would certainly kill the college culture and kill the college experience as a whole.”
“People come from all different places, different circumstances, different lifestyles, I think it’s important for everyone to understand how other people live, how they operate and their mindsets and mentalities,” said Husam Ali, a student at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ali was visiting UH as part of ‘Culture Connect Week.’
Hat tip to John Sailer:
NEW: The University of Houston System has ended the use of DEI statements in hiring and promotion.
"[W]e will not support or use DEI statements or factors in hiring or promotion anywhere in the University of Houston System." pic.twitter.com/4fsUtTOgZD
— John Sailer (@JohnDSailer) March 6, 2023
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UH freshman Mariam Yahiam said the directive feels regressive… “It’s definitely not the UH culture…”
A school’s culture isn’t what’s happened since you’ve been there… it’s what’s happened since back when your granddaddy’s generation went there.
This diversity crap is a flash in a pan, hopefully an embarrassing footnote in future history books.
When I see statements that begin with, “I just feel like…”, my eyes glaze over. In my experience with younger colleagues and my grown children, that seems to translate roughly as, “I am about to make an absurd statement, but you are not allowed to challenge it because then you are disregarding my feelings and de-valuing me.”
‘“People come from all different places, different circumstances, different lifestyles, I think it’s important for everyone to understand how other people live, how they operate and their mindsets and mentalities,” said Husam Ali, a student at the University of Texas at Dallas.’
If this were the real purpose of DIE policies who could argue with it? Instead, as we all know, DIE dumbs down the student body by lowering entrance standards to admit non-white and non-Asian minorities (“D”); includes everyone but straight white males, even though they are no longer the majority of college students (“I”); and “levels the playing field” by tailoring admission standards and even academic achievement standards to accommodate the least capable of academic rigor.