{"id":20802,"date":"2024-05-16T08:38:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20802"},"modified":"2024-05-16T08:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:38:36","slug":"quick-takes-dei-must-die-ending-diversity-statements-at-mit-axing-mandatory-dei-statements-in-kansas-scraping-dei-requirements-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/05\/16\/quick-takes-dei-must-die-ending-diversity-statements-at-mit-axing-mandatory-dei-statements-in-kansas-scraping-dei-requirements-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 DEI Must DIE: Ending Diversity Statements At MIT; Axing Mandatory DEI Statements In Kansas; Scraping DEI Requirements In Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: The return of education is nigh as discrimination, exclusion, and inequality (<em>i<\/em>.<em>e<\/em>. \u201cDEI&#8221;) becomes shunned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSBybJGZoCU?si=SfqyEE5CPtUupaXg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had a reputation as being full of science wonks and boffins, rather than a center of campus radicalism. Now, there\u2019s a chance that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SjNhJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that reputation might be re-earned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMIT will no longer require diversity statements in its faculty-hiring process, making it the first elite university to abandon the practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe decision was made by MIT president Sally Kornbluth, with support from the school\u2019s provost and six academic deans, a spokesperson told National Review on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018My goals are to tap into the full scope of human talent, to bring the very best to MIT, and to make sure they thrive once here,\u2019 Kornbluth said in a statement provided to NR. \u2018We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don\u2019t work.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHigher-education writer and researcher John Sailer first reported Kornbluth\u2019s statement for UnHerd on Sunday. MIT previously required diversity statements across its academic disciplines, including its nuclear-science and engineering department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe campus climate at MIT and Korbluth herself came under intense scrutiny when she testified before Congress last year and struggled to say definitively if calls for genocide against Jews violated campus policies. She testified alongside former University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill and former Harvard University president Claudine Gay about the explosion of campus antisemitism following Hamas\u2019s civilian massacre in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Kansas Board of Regents seem to be doing the same, this time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/kansas-board-regents-axes-mandatory-dei-statements\/25382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following the Kansas Legislature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn April 17, the Kansas Board of Regents prohibited public universities in the state from forcing student applicants, job candidates, and university employees to state their opinions about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) while their applications or promotions are being considered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe board voted unanimously for the measure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBoard Chairman Jon Rolph stated that the policy change is a \u2018good faith effort in trying to listen to the Legislature.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cRepublican State Sen. J.R. Claeys said he \u2018wouldn\u2019t expect [universities] to enact any enforcement on themselves.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Kansas House of Representatives passed legislation on March 21 forbidding the state\u2019s universities from mandating DEI statements when admitting students or hiring new employees. The legislation was approved by a vote of 81-39.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis March, An audit initiated by Kansas legislators also revealed that roughly $9 million state taxpayer dollars funded DEI initiatives at the state\u2019s universities during the 2022-2023 school year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A couple of public universities in Virginia are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3002139\/virginia-universities-scrap-dei-requirements-youngkin-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">getting rid of DEI requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTwo public universities in Virginia have scrapped their planned diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements after a review by Gov. Glenn Youngkin\u2019s (R-VA) administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Virginia Commonwealth University and George Mason University canceled their plans to implement DEI-oriented classes as a requirement for undergraduate studies after \u201cYoungkin raised concerns about \u2018core curriculum mandates that are a thinly veiled attempt to incorporate the progressive Left\u2019s groupthink.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHowever, while the VCU Board of Visitors voted 10-5 publicly in a meeting on Friday to reject a \u2018racial literacy\u2019 requirement just before the fall 2024 academic semester, which included the requirement, was set to begin, GMU decided to delay implementation for one year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAccording to a press release from VCU, the majority vote included appointees from the administrations of two Democrats, former Govs. Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam, as well as from Republican Youngkin. It also noted that the courses will still be available, but VCU will not be forcing students to take them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"DEI Must DIE: Ending Diversity Statements At MIT; Axing Mandatory DEI Statements In Kansas; Scraping DEI Requirements In Virginia\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: The return of education is nigh as discrimination, exclusion, and inequality (i.e. 'DEI') becomes shunned.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: The return of education is nigh as discrimination, exclusion, and inequality &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/05\/16\/quick-takes-dei-must-die-ending-diversity-statements-at-mit-axing-mandatory-dei-statements-in-kansas-scraping-dei-requirements-in-virginia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[33,25,24,42,69,48],"class_list":["post-20802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-gop","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-mood-music","tag-quick-takes","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20803,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20802\/revisions\/20803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}