Reform in 2015: our hopes for the new year
…the new year brings improvement upon the status quo. George Leef I hope 2015 is the year America finally dumps racial preferences to bring about “diversity.” Since the 1970s, colleges…
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No, Academia, Title VI Funding Is Not for Your Pleasure
…stipulated’” by Title VI. He disputed that Consortium programs lacked a “diversity of perspectives.” Furthermore, he said that the ED letter “identifies two activities that you consider to be inappropriate…
Fit to Print? UNC’s Settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones is Bad News
…of her settlement, Hannah-Jones somehow managed to secure Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sinecures for 20 university administrators.It turns out the $75,000 wasn’t quite enough. As part of her settlement, she…
Professors don’t use the classroom for political conversion
…guess–only a guess, of course–is that many in the profession are unsympathetic with, even antagonistic toward, the growth and empowerment of diversity administrators and their practices. Forest Hansen Easton, MD…
The New Racism, Part I: How ‘Race and Ethnic Studies’ Made Color Blindness a Bad Thing
…throughout the educational world: by curriculum design (down to the K-12 level), by policy diktat from sympathetic administrators (“implicit bias,” “hate and bias” inquiries, “Diversity and Inclusion” training, and the…
I’m Still Not Convinced
(Editor’s note: This is the third and final word in the debate on affirmative action for socio-economic diversity. George Leef’s original comments appeared on October 5, and James Sterba’s response…
The New Racism, Part II: The Sociologist’s Toolkit: Justifying Racism Through Language
…as opposed to blacks. Again, the injustice of privilege is just assumed not demonstrated empirically. The few demonstrable examples of “black privilege” such as affirmative action and diversity policies, are…
On Boiling Frogs And Forked Tongues: Alumni Fight Back at Davidson
…and diversity of thought on campus. The annual report of survey results should be written by the external survey firm, amounting to an independent audit of this crucial aspect of…
Ivory Tower Meets White House
…colleges to consider applicants’ race if it was deemed necessary to achieve diversity.” In sum, Obama has favored polices that increase the federal government’s involvement in higher education, adding to…
The Essential Ingredient for a ‘Deep Education’
About a year ago, Princeton philosopher Robert P. George came to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to speak about civil discourse and diversity of thought with the UNC system Board of…