Posted on 05/27/2016 5:17:29 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
The University of Missouri, which was rocked by race protests last year that toppled its two leaders, caused its biggest donors to retreat and dampened interest among prospective students, will spend more than $1 million to audit its diversity policies.
In addition to the $1.1 million audit, the UM System also plans to spend $2 million on other diversity initiatives, including the hiring of a chief diversity officer and systemwide task force, the Missourian reported earlier this week.
IBIS Consulting Group will conduct the comprehensive audit, interviewing students, professors and staff on all four campuses in the UM System, according to a news release.
“This assessment will help us understand where we stand in comparison to our peer institutions and best practices in higher education,” said Michael Middleton, the interim president, who assumed the position in November after the protests forced the resignation of Tim Wolfe.
In late April, Heat Street requested a comprehensive breakdown of Mizzou’s new expenditures on diversity, equity and inclusion, but it has not yet received a response, despite numerous follow-ups.
Several Mizzou students told Heat Street that while a handful of racist incidents on campus in recent years disturbed them, they do not believe there’s a systemic problem.
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There is no pill for stupid.
How exactly will this audit help?
Is it supposed to mollify the students? Unlikely, as nothing satisfies them.
Is it supposed to mollify alumni contributors? That horse has left the barn and is going to wander around the pasture for a while.
A “diversity audit”, yeah that will work.
Now that they have dug their hole this deep, they see no other answer than to keep digging!
Actually, spending money on fantasy is what’s in right now. If it’s OPM, all the better.
Diversity best practices......
Gunning down whites and fleecing even mo in reparations from da man!!
They can all go straight to Ferguson.
I went to Mizzou, Journalism degree. I’m proud of that and the J School...
But...
Only an idiot would want to attend that university any more.
Stop taxpayer funding of Mizzou and let it (try to) survive as a private school.
It should be a textbook lesson in the consequences of anarchy that is allowed to prevail.
Mizzou will never get a dime of my money.
This is a school of higher learning, not a circus.
The Morehouse of the Ozarks
Yeah, waste more money, you idiots.
My your halls be empty where you can hear the crickets
Yes, intentional. If you're the historical background type, search on "The Frankfurt School" for how it's come to this.
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