October 17, 2024
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Joseph De Avila
Wall Street Journal
Excerpt: Amy Wax, the Ivy League law professor suspended for making racist, sexist and inflammatory comments, stands to lose half a million dollars from her punishment.
Wax said she doesn’t regret the remarks that led to her reprimand. She is considering taking legal action, she said.
Read More October 16, 2024
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Robby Soave
Reason Magazine
Excerpt: While other educational institutions pulled back on their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the University of Michigan doubled down, spending nearly $250 million since 2016 on employees and programming that fill this ever-expanding niche.
The verdict? Spending hundreds of millions of dollars, and countless hours, specifically designing plans to make the campus more equitable, diverse, tolerant, and affirming of minority students…backfired utterly.
Read More October 16, 2024
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Eugene Volokh
Reason Magazine
Excerpt: Should be a very interesting program; registration is free, and you can attend virtually. The event is put on by Vanderbilt's The Future of Free Speech program, which is in turn led by free speech scholar and historian Jacob Mchangama.
Speakers will include novelist Salman Rushdie (attending virtually), Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad, Taiwan's first digital minister Audrey Tang, Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law, Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub, former ACLU president Nadine Strossen, New York Times columnist David French, The Economist senior editor James Bennett, and PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, and many more.
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Vane Lucas
August 04, 2023
But what is the protection against accreditors become politically/ideologically motivated and leaning to one side of the political spectrum in their requirements? Who watches the watchmen?
As an example, the article states that “Currently, six of the seven major regional accrediting bodies have some sort of standard related to DEI.” This may be something many people support, but it surely goes beyond ensuring the quality of education provided by the institution.