Saturday, January 21, 2023

Two freedom minded institutes demand to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at public universities and colleges

Good news! I would not hire with any academic institution that would require me to consent to DEI in any form or shape!

I am not sure whether prohibition of these activities is the right choice, but something has to be done about it especially also when taxpayers are paying for this indoctrination!

"It’s a full-frontal assault on academic freedom: all around the country, progressive activists are using a toxic web of publicly funded, politically radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices to take over higher education.

Look no further than Arizona’s public university system, where a new Goldwater Institute report uncovered that up to 80% of faculty job postings require applicants to pledge fealty at the altar of “wokeness” by providing mandatory “diversity statements.” As Goldwater Senior Fellow Jonathan Butcher explains, “DEI has become institutionalized on Arizona college campuses: you must consent to the prevailing ‘woke’ orthodoxy to be hired by a state university ...
But Goldwater has a plan to dismantle the ideological domination of DEI programming over public colleges. As detailed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Goldwater and the Manhattan Institute this week released a package of legislative reforms that would abolish DEI offices, prohibit mandatory diversity training and diversity statements, and end racial and other identity-based preferences in admissions and hiring. ..."

Week in Review: I Pledge Allegiance to…Progressivism?

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