Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: Live and let DEI or let Die?
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
It’s almost as if some universities don’t know what they are even promoting until they are told.
“Two Benedictine colleges in Minnesota removed DEI requirements from a job listing for a visiting assistant professor after Campus Reform inquired about the post.
“Saint John’s University in Collegeville and the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph are sister schools that jointly posted the job advertisement for Visiting Assistant Professor – Political Science that listed ‘Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion’ under ‘Required’ qualifications.
“On Oct. 27 at approximately 3:30pm, Campus Reform reached out to school administration, members of the CSB/SJU Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Advisory Board, as well as the Senior Diversity Officer, Sandra Mitchell for comment.”
Add Mississippi to the list of states trying to make DEI die at state universities.
“A new bill recently introduced in the Mississippi legislature would crack down on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the state’s public colleges and universities.
“State Sen. Angela Burks Hill, a Republican, introduced Senate Bill 2223 on Monday.
“The bill states that Mississippi’s public colleges and universities may not use funds to ‘establish, sustain, support, or staff a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or to contract, employ, engage, or hire an individual to serve as a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.’”
Louisiana, OTOH…
“A Louisiana measure that would have banned requirements for DEI-related courses has been abandoned by the state senate.
“As Campus Reform reported last month, House Bill 685 would have originally banned all DEI activities at public universities but was modified in May to ban certain DEI course requirements.
“The bill defined ‘DEI-related instructional content’ as content that relates to ‘critical race theory, white fragility, white guilt, systemic racism, institutional racism, anti-racism, systemic bias, implicit bias, intersectionality, gender identity, allyship, race-based reparations, or race-based privilege.’
“According to Senate President Cameron Henry on June 9, the Senate ‘couldn’t figure out which committee to refer it to,’ the Louisiana Illuminator reports. As a result, the Senate did not assign the bill to a committee, making it effectively dead.”
TTFN
