UCLA: Still Obsessed with Diversity
May 02, 2012 by Peter Wood |
The College of Letters and Science at the University of California-Los Angeles will soon vote on whether to add a required general education course called "Community and Conflict" - which simply turns out to be a new euphemism… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Diversity: Obama’s Higher Education Agenda, Part 5 of 8
Apr 26, 2012 by Peter Wood |
In the fifth of an eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s pursuit of diversity in higher education.
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More Better Citizens: Obama’s Higher-Education Agenda, Part 4B of 8
Apr 02, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood looks at the ways "diversity," loan forgiveness for public service, the Common Core State Standards, and Obama's earlier involvment with the group Public Allies show the President's overall determination to use… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Fisher Case
Feb 21, 2012 by Ward Connerly |
The decision of the Supreme Court to hear the Fisher v. UT case is potentially of historic significance.
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SCOTUS Grants Certiorari in UTexas Admissions Case
Feb 21, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The Supreme Court grants Certiorari in a major affirmative action case in Texas.
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Dollars for Diversity and Equity at U of Az
Feb 02, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Those agitating for social justice get a financial boost at the University of Arizona
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Social Justice Revival?
Jan 31, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Whatever “social justice” is, it’s certainly not poor.
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Diversity Will Cure Our Ills!
Jan 24, 2012 by George Leef |
To professors who dont' embrace diversity fervently enough.
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Look Who’s Endorsing a Race-Based View of Knowledge
Jan 16, 2012 by Robert Weissberg |
A new document from the American Political Science Association views race and epistemology as inseparable.
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Admissions Preferences
Jan 03, 2012 by George Leef |
California has a concrete diversity ceiling that discriminates against high performing students of Asian origin.
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Graduate School Administrators Unwittingly Parody Themselves
Dec 12, 2011 by John Rosenberg |
The Council of Graduate Schools compensates for its decision to meet in Arizona - a state it considered boycotting - by paying homage to diversity.
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University of Delaware’s Diversity Mania Rages On
Dec 07, 2011 by George Leef |
A blogger whom I assume to be a University of Delaware grad writes here about the latest manifestations of the school's diversity mania. It has recently established a new Center for the Study of Diversity (how much skepticism… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
NAS Criticizes New “Diversity” Guidelines
Dec 06, 2011 |
The Departments of Education and Justice released guidelines last week that, according to the National Association of Scholars, effectively endorse the use of racial preferences in college admissions.
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New Diversity Guidelines, Same Old Problems
Dec 05, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Over at NRO, Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity has this useful discussion of the Obama adminitration's new "guidance" for colleges and universities seeking to enhance racial "diversity" without getting… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Fred Reed Pokes Fun at Our Diversity Mania, Particularly in Higher Ed
Dec 01, 2011 by George Leef |
Fred Reed has written a delicious little satire on America's mania for diversity and imagines the effects of the "Look Like America Bill" on college classes, symphony orchestras, and other institutions.
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