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MIT Drops Thought Control
[NYPOST] The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ending "the use of diversity statements for faculty hiring... is momentous," cheers John Sailer at UnHerd.Such mandatory statements force would-be hires to endorse the pernicious DEI agenda; "pushback" against them had so far "succeeded almost exclusively at public universities in red states, encouraged or enacted by politicians." But "the decision at MIT is different — reform from within, prompted by a university president alongside deans and provosts." "It’s very possible that more private universities, and state universities in blue states, will eventually follow MIT’s lead," since "a significant number of faculty from across the political spectrum simply cannot stand mandatory DEI statements." "It’s more than a narrow issue of free expression and compelled speech. Diversity statements... create a uniquely bad orthodoxy, one that is corrosive to civic life and inimical to true higher education." Related: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2024-03-10 Round-up: Jew-hate in education Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2024-02-14 House committee to investigate Columbia’s ‘inadequate response’ to campus antisemitism, while Cornell ejects protestors after taking ID info Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2024-01-21 Hundreds call for intifada, hail Houthis at Columbia University anti-Israel protest Related: Diversity 05/04/2024 Residents Secede From Crumbling, Crime-Infested City. Leftists Cry Racism Diversity 05/03/2024 Echoing US encampments, anti-Israel students across Britain launch campus protests Diversity 05/02/2024 Victor Davis Hanson - 'Can The Current Universities Be Saved?' Posted by: Fred 2024-05-07 |
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