…district business while on leave.” May 10 was the Wednesday of our seventeenth week of school, the last week of instruction before final exam week. Imagine the reaction of Professor…

…be consequential, and affirmative action is just compensation—compensation that should go to “descendants of slaves” forever. (It is worth noting the argument that blacks should be grateful for slavery, since,…

…to free expression. The University of Pittsburgh’s provost has announced a “Year of Discourse and Dialogue.” These efforts are needed. But academic administrators must also take decisive action against those…

…“The Chronicle Airbrushes Affirmative Action”] Undergraduate humanities degrees (e.g., English, history, philosophy), many from America’s most prestigious universities, outnumber journalism degrees, for example. The Ivy League, Stanford University, and Northwestern…

…for example, learning about Indian removal policy improve public discourse on current immigration policy? Pushing immature students toward civic engagement might encourage mob action, not decorous town meetings. It’s a…

…not justify legislative action, nothing does. Reformers’ worry about precedent, moreover, assumes that the educational establishment has refrained from yet worse actions. Yet the establishment already works feverishly and effectively…

…moment), and reciprocity (in a technical or network sense). Hanna elaborates: “Kant’s notion of reciprocal action = reciprocity is originally worked out in the first Critique, in the Third Analogy…

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard will not end higher education’s race discrimination by itself, even if the Supreme Court unequivocally strikes down affirmative action. America’s colleges and universities are…

…intervened in the Rutgers strike by asking the university administration to delay legal action. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten joined the Temple University strike and spoke about providing…

…never mention the connection between well-intentioned affirmative action for minorities and the failure-generated resentment. For them, affirmative action is all gain and no pain—it’s guaranteed to make America a better…

…“A Call to Action and Recommitment to the Principles of Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression.” However, the dream quickly faded as the eerily religious equity and antiracist dogma was…

…deny biology, but focus on science to advance their economic and military strength. American colleges and universities are obsessed with DEI. After fifty years of preferential admissions under “affirmative action,”…

…size, race, religion, national origin. [italics added]” Any verbal comments? Would the claim that “Marie Curie was female” lead to disciplinary action? Possibly. But saying that Roscoe Arbuckle was “fat”…

…in blue states and at the elite universities where the DEI movement first gained traction. All Jacobin revolutions—built on self-contradictory principles propelled by fanatics who recognize no limiting principles—end up…

…a justified and non-partisan action by SACSCOC. But just because conservatives are finally fighting back doesn’t mean they started the war. That distinction belongs to those who politicized the academy…

…well, the advancement of science. Like many other ostensibly scientific organizations, the AAAS is now a full-blown political action group. The AAAS is also the publisher of Science, along with…

On March 9, 2023, the Arkansas State Senate—controlled by a 29-to-6 Republican majority—narrowly passed a legislative ban on race-based affirmative action: Senate Bill 71 (SB 71). If signed into law,…

…and acts in terms of an ‘ism’ becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms’ that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction…

…doubling down on a woke agenda. Furthermore, even when universities take approaches that seem to support academic freedom, like adopting the Chicago Principles, rarely do they take any action to…

…principles in their policies, practices, action plans and culture.” In the U.S., President Biden’s Executive Order 13985 “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government” (see…

…help alleviate concerns about Twitter and encourage trust. [Related: “Dos and Don’ts for Higher Ed Accountability”] American universities have their own secrecy problems, most notably in admissions decisions. Affirmative action…

…growing appetite for spending increases costs for less wealthy schools, driving up their price and forcing their middle- and working-class students to borrow more. Government action will not curtail the…

…what they learned to enhance a welcoming climate for all. • May have participated peripherally in efforts promoting equity diversity, equity and inclusion. Shows enthusiasm but limited knowledge/demonstrated prior actions….

…the past three decades, even voters in liberal California soundly rejected attempts to base university admissions, hiring, and contracting partly on “affirmative action” criteria—in other words, preferential treatment based on…

…actions like robbery, vandalism, and sexual assault. Thanks to these rules, a diploma certifies that the graduate is trustworthy and earned his degree honestly. Abolishing this code will substantially dilute…

…her actions: “. . . the allegations in the charges do not concern behavior or actions but only expression. The only thing that the charges allege is that her speech…

…to the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada. It is clear that the harm associated with this talk is an impediment to meaningful reconciliation….

…of this indisputably occurring on your watch. Further, after UT adopted an Orwellian faculty hiring DEI initiative in 2021, your political opponents criticized your complete inaction on the spread of…

…and contributions to DEI. A diagram depicts a three-legged stool. On the seat is the word “Excellence.” One leg is labeled “Teaching,” another “Research,” and another “Actions toward DEI.” The…

…Opportunity & Discrimination Prevention Office at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) updated its Affirmative Action Plan with new “Placement Goals” for faculty searches, which outline racial and gender…