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LOCALIZE IT: States target diversity, equity in higher ed

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The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

After targeting critical race theory, some South Carolina lawmakers want to take aim at college diversity initiatives

COLUMBIA, S.C. — At the University of South Carolina, the state’s flagship college is working to add Braille to nameplates outside professors’ offices after a number of blind and low-vision students said they were having trouble attending office hours.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

The "Denominator" Problem At Stanford Law School

At what point does a permissible protest turn into unlawful heckling?

Reason · Apr 9, 2023

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ADL: ‘Antisemitism is on the rise across America–and it’s creeping into the workplace’

American Jews are feeling the weight of rising discrimination–in society and at work, warns the Anti-Defamation League.

Fortune · Apr 5, 2023

Commentary: Republicans’ hostile takeover of higher education

Florida’s House Bill 999 offers a terrifying preview of conservatives’ agenda for higher education. The bill, which was introduced in February, would grant Florida’s Board of Governors sweeping control over the state’s public universities and transform the state’s public education system into an incubator for far-right politics.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

Universities grapple with diversity policies after GOP crackdown

AUSTIN, Texas — In July 2020, the president of Texas A&M University appointed a 45-member commission to examine the progress of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the nearly 70,000-student flagship campus in College Station.

Tribune News Service · Apr 2, 2023

Unconscious biases continue to hold back women in medicine, but research shows how to fight them and get closer to true equity and inclusion

If you work at a company, university or large organization, you’ve probably sat through a required training session meant to fight gender and racial discrimination in the workplace. Employers increasingly invest in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion – commonly referred to as DEI policies. Yet research shows these…

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2023

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Viewpoint 1: Benevolent and vicarious racism in diversity

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have become essential pillars of society today. However, there are many barriers to achieving these goals, and two of the most insidious are benevolent racism and vicarious racism, particularly concerning the diversity viewpoint.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Diversity! Mandating Adherence to a Secular Creed," by Prof. Matthew Finkin (Illinois)

Just published in volume 2, issue 2 of the Journal of Free Speech Law, and available here; here's the Introduction: The academy is rife with contention over the conditioning of faculty appointments on an attestation to or a record of support for a secular trinity: "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion." These DEI…

Reason · Mar 28, 2023

Higher education faces an inflection point with DEI

Stanford Law School was just the cardinal in the coal mine.

Reason · Mar 27, 2023

DeSantis vs. diversity: Blacklists have universities playing defense as Republicans attack

MIAMI — When she visited Florida Polytechnic University with a group of girls from her middle school class last month, Sarah imagined herself in college learning how to use the beakers and Bunsen burners she saw while touring the chemistry lab.

Miami Herald · Mar 19, 2023

Diversity is not hurting the financial sector. Inclusive organizations are getting their money’s worth–and disproving DEI’s expendability narrative

Diversity has helped banks innovate and grow their revenue, says people executive and former Air Force captain Trier Bryant.

Fortune · Mar 17, 2023

The pitchforks are out for diversity efforts after SVB's downfall

Republican critics of Silicon Valley Bank argue that its board was distracted by diversity goals when it allowed the bank to fail. Here’s why that nonsensical assertion is still frightening.

Fortune · Mar 15, 2023

Is The DEI Juice Worth The Squeeze?

The debacle at Stanford Law School is the logical conclusion of DEIdeology.

Reason · Mar 12, 2023

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Fortune · Mar 10, 2023

How a former Coca Cola exec built a vegan food B-corp based on inclusivity

Partake Foods founder-CEO Denise Woodard wants everyone to get a piece of the pie.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

New College conservative board votes to abolish DEI office

Trustees picked by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee New College of Florida have voted to abolish its small office that handles diversity, equity and inclusion programs targeted by conservatives throughout the state university system

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 28, 2023

Comcast's Dalila Wilson-Scott talks diversity, inclusion and philanthropy in workplaces of any size

Comcast Corp. has 189,000 employees, and Dalila Wilson-Scott wants to hear from all of them.

Salon · Feb 27, 2023

Alarm over Fla. GOP college "censorship"

Republican legislation threatens to turn Ron DeSantis’ higher education vision into law

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Reason · Feb 24, 2023

Journal of Free Speech Law: "The Virtue of Tolerance in Hiring and Promotion by Private Institutions,"

by Prof. Peter de Marneffe (Ariz. State).

Miami Herald · Feb 24, 2023

‘We only teach facts’: FIU students, faculty protest against DeSantis’ higher ed tactics

MIAMI — Holding signs with phrases like “We only teach facts” and chanting “Hey DeSantis we’re no fools, we won’t let you run our schools,” at least 100 students, faculty and others marched around the main campus of Florida International University Thursday afternoon to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education agenda.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 14, 2023

Black and Latino lawmakers slam Gov. Greg Abbott for order limiting diversity considerations in hiring

The lawmakers called on major sports organizations to not host championship games in the state until the governor rescinds his guidance to agencies and universities.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 9, 2023

Texas Tech reviews its hiring practices as efforts to promote diversity come under fire

Texas Tech’s review comes as Gov. Greg Abbott has instructed state agencies and public universities that “forbidden DEI initiatives” violate federal and state employment discrimination laws.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 8, 2023

Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to stop considering diversity in hiring

In a memo written Monday and obtained by The Texas Tribune, Abbott’s chief of staff Gardner Pate told agency leaders that using diversity, equity and inclusion policies in hiring violates federal and state employment laws, and hiring cannot be based on factors “other than merit.”

Reason · Feb 7, 2023

DEI Inc. v. Academic Freedom

Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder argue that we should not kid ourselves about the threat university DEI bureaucracies pose to academic freedom, but is there a better way?

Fortune · Dec 9, 2022

Is anti-Semitism education part of your DEI program? It should be.

With anti-Semitism on the rise, it is critical that "companies expand their DEI work to include anti-Semitism."

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