Category: Diversity equity inclusion

Defense Department Scorched Online For Labeling Diversity Training A ‘Strategic Imperative’

The Department of Defense (DoD) is attracting widespread criticism for a recent program that pushed diversity in the military as a “strategic imperative,” with some pointing out that the armed forces should do its job of protecting the country rather than focusing on “wokeness.” “Diversity is a strategic imperative critical to mission readiness and accomplishment….


Defense Department Criticized for Labeling Diversity Training a ‘Strategic Imperative’

The Department of Defense (DoD) is attracting widespread criticism for a recent program that pushed diversity in the military as a “strategic imperative,” with some pointing out that the armed forces should do its job of protecting the country rather than focusing on “wokeness.” “Diversity is a strategic imperative critical to mission readiness and accomplishment….


The DEI Invasion of Public Universities: Tax Dollars Fund Useless Bureaucrats and Indoctrination

Commentary At the University of Michigan, one of America’s top public research institutions, the average tenured professor makes $93,000 a year, according to data from Salary.com. That’s after a probationary period of around six years as an untenured “assistant professor” proving one’s research and teaching chops—plus the four to seven years it typically takes to…


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

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…