The Director of our department claimed in a recent meeting that "Trump is attacking universities." I keep reviewing Trump's compact for universities, which includes what you have written here, and I cannot for the life of me comprehend how they get "attack" out of that.
The grift is over and they’ve been exposed to the American people. The very professors who told us that we shouldn’t be racists have been racists this whole time.
Thank you for your efforts and congratulations on all you have achieved this year. Alas, I’m a professor at a small, private university and many of these shibboleths you mentioned remain in firmly in place at my institution. We even still possess a DIE committee…they have rebranded to Diversity, Equity, and Justice, but they still have the ability to tag courses with the “D” (for Diversity) designation. In order to graduate, a student must take at least one such course. Although my department (history) never used pronouns, the English department still uses them to a man/woman/non-binary, gender-neutral, CO2 emitting, entity.
I appreciate the effort you have made to protect and inform others regarding complex and often contentious topics, including DEI. I recall welcoming multiple commenters on my professional board’s Facebook post announcing the termination of DEI continuing education units to explain why they believed the decision was not unfair. Unfortunately, many of those responses devolved into name-calling rather than substantive discussion. I likewise welcome the removal of that particular attempt at standardization. HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆
The Director of our department claimed in a recent meeting that "Trump is attacking universities." I keep reviewing Trump's compact for universities, which includes what you have written here, and I cannot for the life of me comprehend how they get "attack" out of that.
The grift is over and they’ve been exposed to the American people. The very professors who told us that we shouldn’t be racists have been racists this whole time.
Thank you for your efforts and congratulations on all you have achieved this year. Alas, I’m a professor at a small, private university and many of these shibboleths you mentioned remain in firmly in place at my institution. We even still possess a DIE committee…they have rebranded to Diversity, Equity, and Justice, but they still have the ability to tag courses with the “D” (for Diversity) designation. In order to graduate, a student must take at least one such course. Although my department (history) never used pronouns, the English department still uses them to a man/woman/non-binary, gender-neutral, CO2 emitting, entity.
Keep up the excellent work!
I appreciate the effort you have made to protect and inform others regarding complex and often contentious topics, including DEI. I recall welcoming multiple commenters on my professional board’s Facebook post announcing the termination of DEI continuing education units to explain why they believed the decision was not unfair. Unfortunately, many of those responses devolved into name-calling rather than substantive discussion. I likewise welcome the removal of that particular attempt at standardization. HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆