It is good to force their hand, because the silence from most academic leaders across the nation has been incredibly damaging, counterproductive and demoralizing.
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Higher ed showed their hand in 2020. Academia is dedicated to preserving the status quo for those with the most resources. Everyone else are seen as profit centers that are expendable. Higher ed ain’t going to save no one but themselves. It time for the populace to take the reins.
They hire a dozen new admins a year and now that the time has come, they are no where to be found. We’ll hire 3 more and fire 10 lecturers, that’ll fix it
As a community college teacher, I have seen ZERO leadership from my state school system president. All these stoic white men, so well paid, so silent, so completely impotent in higher education’s hour of need.
As a parent of a college sophomore, what ideas do folks have about how my wife I and our son can better support DEI at his university. We love their culture and inclusiveness, and we want to help the faculty, administrators, students, and their families.
Send letters to admin, heads of department, members of the faculty senate and Board of Trustees, head of endowment, even all their teachers past and present, all expressing how much you value those qualities and how hard you want them to fight the inevitable encroachment.
Good suggestions, thank you. I see two goals here: (1) sharing gratitude and encouragement with professors and staff who may lack power but make a huge difference every day, and (2) influencing administrators on policy. I'll talk with my son and write some letters.
Doesn’t have to be much, but knowing you’re appreciated is like a pay raise for teachers, and admin keep tallies of general pro and con contacts they get about different things so they have quant data when people ask.
Yes, I used to be a professor and was even a committee chair in our academic senate. As a software engineer I've worked on DEI and do a lot of mentoring. In both careers I've seen leadership follow money over values. I keep focusing on people and keep listening to learn new ways to help. Thanks!
That’s awesome! I learned a long time ago that a spirit of apprenticeship to those who are doing the work will lead me right most of the time. And as a teacher, we never know how many seeds we plant, so it’s encouraging for any reason to get feedback on that.
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