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I for one welcome this change. The whole university system has for decades been built on a house of straw and the ideologues of DIE are dismantling it bit by bi
by joemazerino 4y ago
I for one welcome this change. The whole university system has for decades been built on a house of straw and the ideologues of DIE are dismantling it bit by bit. What structures we build next will surely be interesting.
- djohnston 4y agoYes this needs more adoption. Why aren't math papers being gauged for their DEI readiness before publication?!!? /s
- undersuit 4y agoRespectfully they should. Math papers against, fighting, or attacking DEI should be suspect.
- secondcoming 4y agosuspect of what?
- undersuit 4y agoWouldn't it be odd if a Math paper was pushing racist views?
- stainablesteel 4y agowhat would be odd is people trying to re-define racism to attack math papers the re-definition problem has been going on for a while in this sphere, if someone needs to control the definition of every aspect of a conversation, it basically shows they have no integrity
- secondcoming 4y agoMath papers aren't opinion pieces or editorials.
- ip26 4y agoThis press piece is saying only research that advances DEI will be accepted. How many math papers on set theory do you know of whose results directly improve race relations?
- mw888 4y agoThe most notable, destabilizing proclivity that Universities have been engaging in for recent decades (keep in mind many have been around for centuries) is participating at all, and lo, converging towards in specific political action which is, among many traits, too censorious to be considered academic.
- shellami 4y agoAccelerationism
- tgv 4y agoBuilt on a house of straw? What are you trying to say?
- kwere 4y agohoping it will not deflate further the value of public education in favour of private institutions or R&D companies which could gatekeep even further public uni graduates from "performative diploma mills". "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" scenario