Offices with titles such as “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” have become common in business, government, and universities. Employees are sometimes required to take courses in diversity training, and, in some … Continue reading “How Diversity Conceals More Than It Reveals”
Our society is headed toward the dystopian future we were warned about in works of literature such as The Giver by Lois Lowry and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. People … Continue reading “Solving the “Problem” of Sex-Segregation by Academic Major”
To the editor: Walter Gardner’s concern about the NYU chemistry professor is laudable, but it overlooks a few relevant trends. First, as the nation’s fertility rate drops, the pool of … Continue reading “More disturbing university student trends”
Over the last several years, a burgeoning new genre has put the book-watching world on notice. “New Adult,” a coinage first used by St. Martin’s Press in 2009, refers to … Continue reading “A Popular Fiction Genre is Unreadable Garbage. Blame Colleges.”
The Supreme Court may ban affirmative action, but even if it does, many race, sex, and ideology-conscious “diversity” policies and programs will still remain on college campuses. Regardless of the … Continue reading “States Must Go Beyond Affirmative Action Bans to Stop Discriminatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on College Campuses”
I have long been fond of saying that there are colleagues for whom I would be delighted to vote if they sought my support for service on a university committee, … Continue reading “A Frenemy on the Left: Robert Boyers on The Tyranny of Virtue“
“As of 2020, across all fields 30.4% of successful grant abstracts contained at least one of the terms ‘equity,’ ‘diversity,’ ‘inclusion,’ ‘gender,’ ‘marginalize,’ ‘underrepresented,’ or ‘disparity.’ This is up from … Continue reading “Did You Know? New Paper Shows Ideological Conformity in Higher Ed Grants”
A bill making its way through the South Carolina legislature may have a tremendous impact on the state’s public higher education system. And if successful, it may prove as a … Continue reading “The Bell Tolls for Tenure?”
Women outnumber men in higher education at record levels. According to enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse, women comprised 59.5 percent of college students at the end of the … Continue reading “Did You Know? Large Enrollment Gap Between Men and Women”
Although many colleges and universities today claim to be dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, their policies and practices often violate those principles. Among the most common types of violations … Continue reading “Bridge to Discrimination: Decades of Gender Bias in the UNC System”