DEI – The College Fix

Johns Hopkins rescinds DEI memo calling white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged

College Fix Staff — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:52:31 +0000

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on Wednesday rescinded an email sent recently from its diversity, equity and inclusion chief that called white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged, among several other “social identity groups,” according to screenshots of the memo posted on X. Others listed on the privileged list included: able-bodied people, heterosexuals, cisgender people…

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Doctors protest proposed DEI emphasis in Canadian medical school training

Brayden Dean - University of Georgia — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:02:04 +0000

‘It will lead to worse care for patients,’ create doctors who ‘care more about ideology’ than patients: watchdog group A draft report from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada that recommends medical schools focus more on “anti-racism” and “oppression” is causing an uproar among many in the medical community. The proposed alterations to CanMEDS, the framework that shapes…

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Trans professor trains IRS in ‘cultural inclusion’

College Fix Staff — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:02:32 +0000

‘CRT and poststructural scholar’ leads progressive training A transgender professor who at various times has used “they/he,” “ze/zim/zer,” and “he/him/his,” pronouns reportedly provided “cultural inclusion” training to Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators. D-L Stewart (previously Dafina Lazarus-Stewart) trained the IRS agents, according to slides obtained by Judicial Watch.

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UMich now has more than 500 jobs dedicated to DEI, payroll costs exceed $30 million

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:19:38 +0000

ANALYSIS: ‘UM has become a DEI ideological complex with a university attached’ The University of Michigan continues to exponentially grow the number of staffers dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, with at least 241 paid employees now focused on DEI and payroll costs exceeding $30 million annually, according to an analysis conducted for The College Fix.

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Professor plagiarized by Gay attacks Rufo for Harvard Extension School degree

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:32:16 +0000

‘Those students are great – I teach them- but they are not the same as what we normally think of as Harvard graduate students’ The ongoing fallout from the resignation of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University includes rehashing an old argument against conservative journalist Christopher Rufo and his degree from the institution. Rufo has a master’s degree from Harvard Extension School…

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DEI staffer alleges U. Wisconsin discriminated against her for being white: lawsuit

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:01:51 +0000

‘Great educators’ being ‘passed over’ because of skin color, former DEI administrator says University of Wisconsin leaders are accused of discriminating against a white DEI staffer in a new lawsuit as leading state lawmakers call for greater scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Rochelle Hoffman, a former assistant director of the Multicultural Student Services at the UW-Eau…

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Western Illinois U. ‘Day of Racial Healing’ includes ‘Racism for White People’ event

College Fix Staff — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 22:55:18 +0000

Gain a ‘cognitive multicultural consciousness’ Western Illinois University will be holding its first “Day of Racial Healing” in conjunction with the national effort beginning the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The title is something of a misnomer, however, as related happenings will occur throughout the month. A first-day event is titled “Racism for White People…

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Media hyped up ‘brain drain’ from red states, higher ed reporter says

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:03:55 +0000

‘Media hyped a brain drain,’ Inside Higher Ed reporter says Give credit to Ryan Quinn with Inside Higher Ed – even though his publication leans left and is sympathetic to complaints about conservative politicians, he analyzed the data and concluded it is unlikely there is a mass “brain drain” of professors leaving red states. “News articles and opinion pieces have raised alarms that…

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UMass Boston removes DEI requirements from job listings

MJ Cadman - Franciscan University of Steubenville — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:06:41 +0000

‘I think the university realized we were going to do everything we could to secure the First Amendment rights for its faculty’ The University of Massachusetts Boston will no longer require aspiring faculty members to submit “diversity, equity, and inclusion” statements following advocacy from a national free speech group. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression told The College Fix…

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Bates College faculty fearful of challenging students due to far-left DEI office

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:22:01 +0000

Faculty who do not espouse a ‘specific form of ideology’ are ‘met with hostility’ A recent report from The Federalist details how professors at Maine’s Bates College are hesitant to challenge students for fear of being reported to the school’s DEI — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — office. Recent Bates graduate Roy Matthews corresponded with several professors from the institution and found…

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