Good find, thanks for forwarding

by beattherush, Chicago, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 11:16 (10 hours, 37 minutes ago) @ HCE

I haven’t read Chronicle a ton but my recollection is it does provide some good depth.

If I understood this correctly, the October response was not accept or decline the proposal, but to provide feedback?

I will say that I find the decrying of “political litmus tests” from academia a little rich.

a) something like 90% of faculty at these institutions are Democrats (and I would guess, well left of even the current Democratic party)

b) the blatant political litmus tests these institutions implemented in the wake of ESG, DEI, and BLM/trans rights awareness were so slanted that the Supreme Court was able to rule them illegal.

Setting up tests for ideological balance, however, can easily become a cure worse than the disease. I support the idea in principle, but the practice may be impossible.

Good idea to consider at least.