Posted on 03/29/2023 4:45:51 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis's Office of Academic Affairs issued a document obtained by Fox News Digital that outlines "Inclusive Faculty Search Practices" to improve hiring, advising committees should "move away from abstract conceptions of ‘merit’ and 'fit."
"Merit and fit are social constructions grounded in dominant understandings of ‘which professional qualifications are deemed worthy, and which personal attributes and styles are deemed suitable for a position,’" the guidance states.
In one section, the guidance contrasts "traditional fit" values and "equity-minded fit" values, saying traditional prospective worker would approach learning "as an individual enterprise in which students are responsible for their success or failure" while an "equity-minded" fit would include prioritizing the "knowledge and needs of racially minoritized students" while viewing learning as "a collaborative enterprise."
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And whatever happened to individualism which we are all supposed to celebrate?
Kidding? Marxists HATE individualism.
I be, you be, he be, she be, wes be, yous be, theys be. Makes sense now. I headed to teach.
Where do they find these morons?
Sounds like an effort to deconstruct civilization, avoiding elements that connect people (like language, shared values, etc.)
“Why do the dumbest ideas seem to come from universities?”
A friend once said, “That’s so stupid only a university professor would believe it.” In the fifties boys wore long sleeve shirts and slacks to class. Girls wore decent dresses. Along came the hippies and all formality vanished. Also, the university professorship changed from teachers who had been in the military and seen the real world to just academics who had gone from their PhD program to a job in the university without ever seeing the real world.
One aspect of this was that engineers who came exclusively from an academic background refused to see that their designs weren’t workable in the real world. As the interface between the production and the field I started integrating those people into design reviews. The reaction from the engineers was outrage. How dare they! One day I brought in an assembler, and she went over the diagram and asked, “How am I supposed to turn this screw? It’s under this transformer and three quarters of an inch from this panel that is nine inches tall?” They were so embarrassed I never had too much blowback from those engineers after that. But, still, the root problem was their academic (meaning disassociated from reality) attitude.
He’s the old guy with the sagging pants...... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Separate but equal is back in fashion
Students from Indiana universities are now on the do not interview, do not hire list
“I’m sorry, Ma’am. We’re only considering professorial candidates who struggle to get up in time for lunch, go to work in their boyfriend/gilrfriend/it-friend’s pajamas, act like the world owes them respect for having been born, and periodically pucnch random people or rob convenience stores.”
"I apologize for not being entirely honest with you. I apologize for not revealing my true feelings. I apologize, sir, for not telling you sooner that you're a degenerate, sadistic old man. AND YOU CAN GO TO HELL BEFORE I APOLOGIZE TO YOU NOW OR EVER AGAIN!" - Col. Dax, Paths of Glory
So, in order to secure Fed funding you Aholes in Uni Admin implement a quota that places some minority folks here that are not in any way capable of coping with this school’s standards — and I have to compensate? You think they are so dumb a to not spot this?
Kiss my ___.
I absolutely agree with them.
Just take merit, for example. Merit is a social construct.
Certain societies decided that "merit" was to be valued. Those societies produced inventions--using merit--that change transportation, communication, health, nutrition, housing, clothing, and just about everything we see in our daily lives.
I think colleges and universities are certainly within their rights to eliminate the social construct of merit...and everything it has produced.
Their campuses shouldn't just speak, act, and dress like societies that reject the social construct of "merit"...they should reject all that the social construct of "merit" has influenced and changed about a society.
Caveman attire is in, living in caves and mud hut dormitories is in. Smoke signals and walking are in. No notes are not required for classes because paper and pens are out. Dinner is served when you kill it and cook it.
Won’t their students be great potential employees and great citizen? and we thought that it couldn’t get any worse. Why should students have to pay to hear this Skiff anyway?
My father-in-law was an experienced tool and die maker. He was hired by Boeing. He was given detailed drawings to build dies for a landing gear part. He quickly realized the part would never work. He told the engineer what was wrong and how to correct the design. He was told adamantly to build it exactly as drawn. He spent many many hours building the dies. Upon completion, the part did not work. A revised drawing arrived to build the dies as he had earlier advised. He was just a dumb guy without a college degree who knew how things work.
More proof the movie “Idiocracy” is now a documentary.
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