Posted on 05/06/2024 7:54:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Underlying this in a relatively egalitarian society is the notion that meritocratic admissions policies that produce any sort of disparate impact with regard to the holy Marxist trinity of race, sex, and whatever other class signifier that is the passion of the moment, are inherently oppressive, and worse, that the degrees awarded all have an equal value to the society that is now tapped to support them. It isn't that art history doesn't confer a cultural contribution equal to electrical engineering (I'd submit that it doesn't, but that's neither here nor there), it's that degrees in the respective fields don't.
There are technical fields - information technology, for one - that have adapted to this by emphasizing the value of specific certifications over general degrees when it comes to hiring. That isn't the best news for computer science majors but it's a fact. The trend toward lowering standards in, say, medicine, to force equity in demographics runs up against this trend and leaves social activists in the position of assuring the public that dumb doctors are better for society if they fall into the right demographic categories. Yes, it's stupid. Yes, they're doing it.
Actually, DEI does not NEED new buildings!
They just put them up for oppression!
And I’ll bet that English, humanities, etc. departments at community colleges have more leftists than university departments!
I have always wondered why companies don’t create their own mini schools to train future employees who don’t show up woked into stupidness and troublemaking ways.
GOOD. How many more “Gender Studies” graduates does the world need?
Interesting.
Something sci-fi writers never foresaw.
I have always believe that apprenticeship programs were by far better then sending your kid off to commie school. I've known and work worked with several First Class Instrument Techs who served apprenticeships, and they were absolutely top notch..
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