Search Results for: “Chief Diversity Officer”

Aug 10, 2022 · Wenyuan Wu

The Reopening of the American Mind

…Free Speech Alliance (MFSA), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization created to “promote and defend MIT’s cardinal values,” including free speech and expression, viewpoint diversity, academic freedom, and open scientific inquiry….

Mar 14, 2022 · Grace Hall

UNC Hosts a Symposium on “Race, Racism, and Racial Equity”

…the UNC Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the symposium is “a series of virtual events that bring together scholars and researchers from across campus to share their work with Carolina…

Apr 14, 2014 · George Leef

Trembling in the Ivory Tower

…climate. Thanks to the mania for “diversity” that has swept through American higher education, we have reached the point where many ideas can no longer be discussed because someone in…

Oct 28, 2019 · Shannon Watkins

Outnumbered: Academia’s Tilted Ideological Landscape

…our grading, are we going to be biased? The social science research suggests: yes we are,” Taylor said. Another worry is that a lack of ideological diversity hampers students’ intellectual…

May 20, 2022 · Garion Frankel

“Latinx” Is Failed Academic Activism

…diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. If DEI were the only goal, universities would treat Latino college students as people rather than as potential assets. “Latinx” makes my blood boil….

Apr 17, 2024 · Adam Kissel

The West Virginia Miracle Requires Higher-Education Reform

…(if not worldwide) pool, so its “red state” status does not mean much for intellectual diversity on campus. Even so, “campus carry” of firearms is coming in July 2024. But…

Aug 18, 2005 · George Leef

When is a Student from Ohio Really a North Carolinian?

…defeated. Who wanted this provision in the budget? The top brass at Chapel Hill did. In the past, they have argued that their school would benefit from greater “geographical diversity”…

Dec 15, 2021 · Justin Begley

Three Ways to Teach Students How—Not What—to Think

…head-on, think about where their own beliefs are possibly inconsistent given this newfound information, and gain an appreciation for intellectual diversity. I encourage colleges and professors to implement these three…

Jul 28, 2025 · Michael C. Behrent

In Praise of Summer Bridge Programs

…of content—its tendency to indulge academia’s unfortunate obsession with language and manifestos. More than anything, DEI gets you diversity statements, mandatory training sessions, and homilies by highly paid diversity gurus….

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