21 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Jul \ parent \ on: What Does it Mean? Another University DEI Office Shuts Down news
I have worked in and around academia for a couple of decades now, including one case of a university going through some major cuts and reorganization.
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21 sats \ 8 replies \ @Satosora 25 Jul
Yes, I was thinking something similar. They probably are cutting back because some of these offices are too expensive to manage. They dont bring in a clear profit to the university.
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21 sats \ 7 replies \ @TNStacker OP 25 Jul
They are cutting back because of politics and Republicans outlawing or defunding them. Plain and simple political. culture war stuff Not saying whether they should exist or not, but the reason for the pull backs is well documented. As was the flood of offices opening post-2020.
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 25 Jul
Politics in a public university....it cant be good. Politics sway back and forth.
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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @TNStacker OP 25 Jul
Exactly. It will swing the other way again. Watch!
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 25 Jul
Yes, of course. Its just a matter of time. But schools arent doing so well now, so it might take a while.
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @TNStacker OP 25 Jul
Schools follow the politics. They have to, because the money comes from the state (for public schools).
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 25 Jul
Right. So why did the private schools have them so quickly?
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker OP 25 Jul
Some of the first universities to admit Blacks were private. In the south your large publics didn't admit Blacks in earnest until the 1970s. W. E. B. Dubious earned the AB in 1890 and the PhD in 1895 from Harvard. I went to Southern Miss in the early 80s and I knew the first Black to attend!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker OP 24 Jul
Same
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