A few things, and agreed, I'm probably conflating a bit

by beattherush, Chicago, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 12:13 (11 hours, 27 minutes ago) @ PMan
edited by beattherush, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 12:18

Blended in that thought:

- explicit hiring requirements for professors, including "commitment to diversity" statement requirements, the explicit refusal to hire people not in a target demographic, e.g. UCLA medical school hiring

- the virtual tarring-and-feathering of faculty stepping out of line on viewpoint, even unwittingly, e.g. the Yale halloween costume fiasco

- general support for cancellation of problematic speakers - thefire.org covers that ground well.

- the pillorying of professors who write academic work contrary to the established norm, e.g. Roland Fryer's execrable treatment by Harvard

- the advancement of professors who write academic work in line with preferred viewpoints, e.g. the $43M thrown at Ibram X Kendi by BU, with little result

I'm much more concerned with the hiring and teaching climate than the admissions practices. The SCOTUS ruling on admissions was enough to address the latter, IMO.

I get why conservatives feel the need to address the faculty/teaching balance. I'm not sure there's a mechanism to enforce it, though, that's not worse than the problem being addressed. As with many issues, the government will end up being hamhanded. Better to just culturally support institutions that are run well. Zimmer at U of C, Daniels at Purdue. Our own Father Hesburgh struck the balance very well.