“Since Inauguration Day, the Trump administration has taken decisive action against DEI in universities, threatening to investigate, punish, and withhold funding from higher education institutions that discriminate in the name of diversity. Most conservatives, who correctly see DEI as a threat to colorblind equality, have celebrated these maneuvers. But some center-right intellectuals, who...
My fight against DEI just featured on Fox News and The Assembly
Ungated version for Fox:
The Professor Who ‘Declared War’ on DEI at N.C. State
Update: also picked up by the New York Post:
Just won the first battle in my fight against DEI at NC State
Two weeks ago, I filed a complaint citing four violations of the UNC System’s policies on institutional neutrality and the ban on compelled speech. The university has now conceded on all four three out of four counts—but they’re saying as little as possible about it. Violation 1: Promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in university and college strategic plans This is by far the most...
I’ve declared war on DEI at NC State
My opening salvo is an op-ed in National Review (non-paywalled link), where I outline how NC State is violating UNC System Board of Governors policies on institutional neutrality and compelled speech. Enacted in 2023, these policies marked a significant victory for intellectual freedom in North Carolina’s public universities. The institutional neutrality policy states that no public university...
Big win for intellectual freedom: UNC System drops diversity course requirement
Wow! I certainly did not expect this: The University of North Carolina System is no longer requiring students to take courses focused on diversity, equity or inclusion as a condition of graduation, the system’s top lawyer told chancellors of system universities in a memo. The move is a response to a Jan. 21 executive order issued by President Donald Trump that seeks to eliminate diversity, equity...
Why DEI must be opposed in education
Because the endgame is always the same: bring everyone down to the lowest level in order to achieve “equity”: San Diego’s largest high school, Patrick Henry High School, has cut some honors courses without informing the student’s parents. As expected, parents are outraged and worries the lack of honors courses will hurt students chances of getting accepted to prestigious universities...