[Mr. Jeeves]

Honestly, if a young job candidate came to me with even an engineering degree from Duke at this time, I would be inclined to pass over his or her resume and look more closely at other candidates. I would assume that the campus environment had colored his or her thinking. Plenty of employers will now see a stigma attached to any Duke credential - especially as long as "the 88" remain unsanctioned.

And no logical reason is ever required to not hire a candidate.

[SkiHatGuy]

You’re right, you are free to hire whomever you wish. I think you would be silly to pass over a Duke engineering student because of this, but it is your perogative.

I was trying to convey the fact that the engineering school, for the most part, is fairly well-insulated from this nonsense. At least when I was in school, we didn’t have time to waste dealing in “campus activism” and associated garbage.