A Conservative Definition of Diversity
Are conservatives against the campus diversity administrative machine or are they opposed to diversity itself? The argument in favor of the former seems like an easy one. Ever since debates…
Search Results for: Chief Diversity Officer
A Conversation with UNC-Chapel Hill’s New Provost, Chris Clemens
…mean to be “chief academic officer?” What’s in your purview? The provost, as you say, is the chief academic officer. That means all of the deans of the schools at…
Exposing the Harms of the ‘Diversity Delusion’
…apart under scrutiny. Racial preferences for diversity don’t improve education or lead to a society that’s more fair. But what harm comes from the diversity delusion? Mac Donald argues that…
The Origins of the Cruel Ritual of Diversity Training
…is permitted. Contemporary diversity training reinforces her view. Consider, for example, this talk by a former Bucknell diversity officer, who claimed that no white person can meaningfully say “I am…
What Does It Take to Really Protect Campus Free Speech?
…college to hire an executive vice-president for freedom of speech who is equal in status to the deans and chief diversity officer. If that is too much of a stretch,…
A Lame Case for Diversity
…not for a disciplinary specialty, but for their explicit contribution to diversity. Such search committees prefer candidates with a proven commitment to diversity and who come from underrepresented groups whose…
At NC State, a STEM Department Considers Diversity Statements
…than group identity.The chief advocate for diversity statements declared, “I think that we would all agree that we would not want to accept an inferior candidate because they improve our…
Change at the UNC Board of Governors, or Not?
…ECU. Harry Leo Smith Jr. of Greenville, chief executive officer of Flanders Corp., is an alumnus of East Carolina University. John Craig Souza of Raleigh, president and chief executive officer…
At Texas A&M, a Different Kind of “Climate Change”
…A&M’s 2010 Report on Diversity, “fully recognizes, values, and integrates diversity in the pursuit of academic excellence.” A goal so vapid must mask deeper, more controversial goals. If equity is…
Divide and Conquer: Radicalizing Military Education
…that the program would develop “leaders who not only understand and recognize the importance of diversity, but who actively create inclusive environments that leverage this diversity toward mission success.” On…