diversity

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  6/13/2023
  

  DEI Education in America Goes Back to the 18th Century

  by Bradford Vivian

  The pioneering Quaker educator Benezet implemented student-centered reforms that accounted for differences in background and experiences of injustice, reflecting the spirit, if not the language, of contemporary DEI principles in education and teacher training. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  5/26/2023
  

  Jeremi Suri: Texas Higher Ed Conflict "Doesn't Have to Be This Way"

  The UT-Austin historian previously worked in Wisconsin when Governor Scott Walker went to war with the university system. He discusses the similarities and differences a decade later in Texas. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  5/5/2023
  

  The Labor of Teaching and Administrative Hysteria

  by Elise Archias and Blake Stimson

  Although diversity and cultural sensitivity administrators often embrace (and arguably encourage) student complaints about ideas presented in the classroom, students are more harmed when administrators use those complaints to undercut the expertise and autonomy of faculty who have effective ways of teaching difficult material.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  5/4/2023
  

  Higher Ed Institutions Push Diversity to Avoid Dealing with Justice

  by Ariana González Stokas

  "Beginning with Regents of the University of California v. Bakke in 1978, diversity became a proxy for the real work of remedying persistent and entrenched exclusions based on race and gender."

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  5/5/2023
  

  Statehouse Assaults on Tenure and Diversity are Impacting Hiring at State Universities

  "In Florida, some candidates’ concerns are so profound that they’re turning down job offers in the state — despite not having other offers, said Andrew Gothard, president of the United Faculty of Florida, a union representing faculty at all 12 of the state’s public universities, a private one, and community colleges."

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  5/8/2023
  

  As Politicians Attack Campus Diversity Initiatives, HBCU Campuses Wonder How They'll be Affected

  Many HBCU students fear that bans on teaching "divisive concepts" could be applied to undermine the historic mission of campuses serving African American students and promoting Black intellectual communities. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  4/13/2023
  

  Anti-DEI Bills are Already Changing Higher Ed

  Even though many state-level bills banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs have not yet taken effect, many campus administrations appear to have begun complying with the political pressure to roll back existing initiatives. 

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• SOURCE: Texas Tribune
  4/11/2023
  

  Greg Abbott Claims to Boost Texas Universities. Why Is He Attacking Tenure?

  Attacks on tenure and diversity programs would threaten the improvements Texas politicians say they want to make in higher education in the state, say faculty advocates. 

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  4/10/2023
  

  A Scholar Revisits Study of Campus Diversity 2 Decades Later

  "Higher education has an extremely important role to play in helping people see things differently and in potentially helping to reduce racial inequality. But this requires cross-race interaction."

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• SOURCE: Dissent
  3/23/2023
  

  It's Time to Pivot to Socioeconomic Preferences in Admissions

  by Richard D. Kahlenberg

  Can admissions preferences to selective colleges for economically less advantaged applicants carry on the justice agenda of Martin Luther King while avoiding the wrath of the Roberts Court and a backlash by middle and working-class whites? 

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• SOURCE: Substack
  3/19/2023
  

  A Prominent Story about How "Diversity" Entered College Admissions is Wrong

  by Charles Petersen

  The plaintiffs in a case seeking to outlaw affirmative action in admission policies are relying on a false narrative that "diversity" entered Harvard's admissions criteria as a way to limit the number of Jews admitted. While the existence of Jewish quotas is documented, the two aren't connected. 

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• SOURCE: Miami Herald
  3/19/2023
  

  Florida Universities on Defensive as State Attacks Diversity Initiatives

  Interviews with Miami Herald reporters show the behind-the-scenes work university faculty and staff are weighing how much compliance will be required with new state laws. The DeSantis administration may achieve more performative than substantive results, but uncertainty and anxiety are common on campus. 

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• SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman
  3/11/2023
  

  Texas Legislation Takes Aim at University DEI Programs

  The legislature would prohibit the operation of DEI offices on public campuses in Texas and maintain a list of university staff who violate the law, with consequences for employment. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/8/2023
  

  Edsall: Florida's Education Legislation Threatens Academic Freedom. Opinions Differ Whether That's Good

  by Thomas Edsall

  Columnist Thomas Edsall checked in with historian Amna Akbar, a DEI critic, about Florida's education legislation. Akbar isn't a fan, though may conservative think-tank fellows interviewed are. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/13/2023
  

  The Three Little Letters that Have DeSantis on the Attack

  by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Erica Licht

  By defunding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs in Florida's colleges, the governor is putting the state out of step with research-driven findings about how institutions and workplaces can incorporate diverse populations like Florida's – students, campuses and employers will pay the price for political posturing. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  2/6/2023
  

  Yes, DEI Can Conflict with Academic Freedom—and Academic Freedom Should Win

  by Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder

  Many scholars have crafted careful rationales for why free inquiry and formal policies on inclusion can coexist peacefully. The Hamline University incident shows that, in a moment of crisis, administrators won't deliberate, but will follow a policy script in ways that disempower faculty, infantilize students, and become blunt instruments for reactionaries.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  11/10/2022
  

  Miami Was Once a Model for Diversity Training—But it was Always Controversial

  by Catherine Mas

  Beginning in the 1970s, Miami-Dade County led the way in exploring ways to train health and human services professionals to interact with the area's diverse populations with respect and effective communication. The conflicts exploited by the "Stop WOKE" Act date back to this period. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/4/2022
  

  Corporate America Copied the NFL's "Rooney Rule"—But Also its Lack of Enforcement

  The NFL teams' agreement to interview minority candidates for coaching jobs always had a fault: nothing happened to teams who abused the process and interviewed candidates with no intention of hiring them. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  9/21/2022
  

  The Defeat of Identity Politics

  by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

  Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò argues that the rhetoric of diversity has allowed an "elite capture" of racial justice movements that strips those movements of the impulse to transform society. Historian Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reviews his new book of essays.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  9/2/2022
  

  Legal Scholar: "Diversity" a Weak Substitute for Justice, Opened Door to SCOTUS Killing Affirmative Action

  by Richard Thompson Ford

  The cause of equality was dealt a fatal blow when courts and colleges shifted the focus of affirmative action from fighting racism to promoting diversity, argues legal scholar Richard Thompson Ford.