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Diversity University: DEI Bloat in the Academy (heritage.org)
11 points by peanutcrisis on Sept 12, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Blue type universities across the U.S. have changed curriculum to increase the number of classes required to graduate. These classes involve poorly taught concepts of DEI, and in my experience are responsible for the opposite reaction.

Students whom were open to DEI arriving for their first year slog through the curriculum to find that not only is the university hypocrites, but they spend the whole time telling you if you're white, you're privileged. If you're a man, you're privileged. They don't get into why that is, nor do they prove it. They state these opinions as if they're facts. it does not pass basic skepticism.

This makes sense when we understand that universities are political institutions. Their funding is political, their administration is political. This is turn affects the curriculum and whom is allowed into the organization.

By painting the institution blue, they ensure anyone whom is not the same shade of color cannot involve themselves in it. An echo chamber, with almost infinite tax dollars. You should see some of the grants that get accepted for "diversity" purposes, yet denied for essential equipment for effective education in core degrees.

To further expand, universities are hypocrits because they don't actually care about the students once they've paid. They do not accommodate international students, or students from low income backgrounds. Instead they increase basic living costs outside what loans will pay for. This makes it effectively impossible to persue a full time degree. I know if multiple students whom have $0 to their name and work 30+ hours a week. They often drop out and now have nothing.

They have the worst education you can get in most degrees outside of top 0.1% of universities. The course work is either bought from a company, or made up by academics whom have never stepped into private industry not done anything of note. The professors cannot teach it regardless.

They violate the rights of students daily. They don't have tenant rights, or workers rights, or unions, or any of the same protections elsewhere. Right in the contract students sign, they say they can remove anyone for any reason, and they do.

They also hold their own mock courts over claims of sexual harassment and assault. This would be illigal in a sane world, but again, politics. No representation, no jury. Didn't we fight a war over this problem once?

Defund federal student loans, forgive the existing ones. Let the private industry take over, that way we can hold it accountable.




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