A group of intellectual mavericks made splashy headlines in 2021 when they announced plans to launch a new university in Texas called the University of Austin. Backed by a gallery of celebrity intellectuals—its trustees and directors include former Harvard president Larry Summers, Brown University economist Glenn Loury, former ACLU President Nadine Strossen, civil rights leader and…
Is the Counter-University Movement Any Match for the DEI Juggernaut?
March 31, 2023
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Recent Lowlights in the Woke Capture of Our Once-Venerable Institutions
Commentary Lamenting the astonishing success of the activist Left’s century-long Gramscian march through America’s major institutions is, at this juncture, old hat. Still, there have been a few recent powerful examples, coming in quick succession, illustrating the extent to which leading liberal institutions of civil society have been captured by far-left activist wokesters who take…
Florida College Students Walk Out To Protest Against DeSantis’s Ideological Crackdown
February 23, 2023
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.—College students left their classes on Feb. 23 to oppose Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s actions against left-wing ideological education. DeSantis promised to remove all funding from school programs that teach Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The governor added he wanted to remove ideological loyalty oaths as hiring qualifications and…
The Sudden Dominance of the Diversity Industrial Complex
February 17, 2023
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Little more than a decade ago, DEI was just another arcane acronym, a clustering of three ideas, each to be weighed and evaluated against other societal values. The terms “diversity, equity, and inclusion” weren’t yet being used in the singular, as one all-inclusive, non-negotiable moral imperative. Nor had they coalesced into a bureaucratic juggernaut running…
Not All Texas GOP Lawmakers Are Pushing to Stop ‘Woke’ Ideology on Campus
News Analysis Race-based discrimination targeting whites and anti-American political theories embedded in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices and classes are common at major Texas universities. Now, some conservative lawmakers in one of the reddest states in the nation say they want to stop it. But Republicans seem to have varying levels of resolve on…
The DEI Device, Or, What Would Marx Say?
Commentary When I was in college, you never heard the sacred troika, “diversity-equity-inclusion.” I started graduate school in the mid-1980s, and the prevailing attitude toward any such institutional formula voiced by the powers that be with a numbing regularity was jaded suspicion. It was the Era of High Theory (the tail end of it), which…
‘Equity Is Not Equality,’ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Office Says
February 9, 2023
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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s office warned state agencies and public university leaders that hiring for any reason other than merit is against the law. “Federal and state law forbid discrimination against a current or prospective employer because of that person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or military service,” Abbott’s Chief of…
Florida’s Gov. DeSantis Declares Financial War on ‘Woke’ Universities in State
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threw down the gauntlet on fixing higher education on Jan. 31, vowing to eliminate all funding for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and Critical Race Theory (CRT) throughout the state. Public universities should not be in the business of using taxpayer money to offer degrees in “zombie” studies but should embrace academic…
The Lessons of Hamline University
Commentary After showing a painting of the Prophet Muhammad in her art history class, professor Erika López Prater was informed that her teaching contract at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, would not be renewed. Those who condemned the professor’s actions were convinced that what she did wasn’t only offensive to Muslim students, but that such…
WEF Urges Businesses, Governments to Do More to Track Racial Data
In a white paper published Tuesday, the World Economic Forum (WEF) stressed the need for standardized and revamped diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and called on corporations and governments to do more to track racial data. The white paper. titled “Prioritizing Racial and Ethnic Equity in Business,” was released as part of this week’s summit…
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