University Presidents Admit Higher Education Has Lost the Trust of the American People
“I think we have work to do in higher ed to gain back the trust of the American people, and to make sure that we’re serving this country and the world in the best way possible”
Higher education needs a massive overhaul. Even these administrators know it.
FOX News reports:
University presidents admit colleges ‘lost their mission’ as Trump pushes education overhaul
Some university leaders said colleges have strayed from their mission and need to refocus on viewpoint diversity, according to an interview with The New York Times published Monday.
Sian Beilock, president of Dartmouth College; Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University; and Jennifer Mnookin, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, spoke with the Times’ opinion editor Ariel Kaminer.
Though the three university presidents criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape higher education, Beilock and Mnookin said universities must work to regain the trust of the American people and emphasize viewpoint diversity.
“I don’t believe a compact with a Republican or Democratic-led White House is the right way to effect change in higher ed. But I’ve also been very clear that I think we have work to do in higher ed to gain back the trust of the American people, and to make sure that we’re serving this country and the world in the best way possible,” Beilock said.
Dartmouth rejected Trump’s education compact, which was sent to nine universities, all of which declined to sign in early October.
The compact’s principles include merit-based admissions and hiring practices regardless of race, sex, political orientation, ethnicity and nationality, and a commitment to freedom of ideas.
It called for “abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas,” recognizing biological sex for purposes of athletics, restrooms and locker rooms, maintaining institutional political neutrality, and adding measures on financial responsibility and foreign student admissions.
Beilock said during the Times interview that she was willing to have conversations with the administration.
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Not lost. Squandered.
pureeeee bs here:
“I don’t believe a compact with a Republican or Democratic-led White House is the right way to effect change in higher ed.
the lefts teat suckn on the taxpayers is what its all about
“regain the trust”
you mean wade it out until you dont have any scrutiny over your racist policies and blmplo loving agenda
If college administrators want to know who’s responsible for the loss of trust, they need only look into the nearest mirror.
Demonstrating an absolutely blinding grasp of the incredibly obvious.
Again:
Close the schools. Fire the staff. Raze the buildings. Plow the land. Plant corn.
Just shut up about it and do it.
Problem is, none of you have shown any evidence that you have any idea how to accomplish this, and since you apparently have not even shown that you have started to try yet, that you have any intention of following through,