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The last thing I want to do is defend university bureaucrats. The policies themselves should be the focal point of discussion, i.e., if there's merit to be had
by pstuart 1y ago
The last thing I want to do is defend university bureaucrats.
The policies themselves should be the focal point of discussion, i.e., if there's merit to be had and how to deliver on that without making things worse.
Would you also call the strip-search incident I cited as dystopian? I would. I am stridently against The War on Drugs, but I also think keeping drugs out of schools is a good thing.
Using your approach the answer would be to not have any school policies about drugs on campus.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoYes—though when dystopian policy intrudes into hiring committees and "pledges of alliance," I feel it goes a step beyond mere bad policy.
- pstuart 1y agoSo then you're not opposed to the concept of DEI as I've tried to clarify? That is, to ensure opportunities are made public and possible to all who might qualify, even if they're not in the inner circle of those who are dispensing with said opportunities? You know where you can find literal pledges of alliance these days? The Federal government, where they're doing loyalty checks to The King. Dystopian enough?
- mixmastamyk 1y agoYes, why I mentioned EOE, which felt like the right amount of assertiveness and not zealotry. One of the things I check for in job postings is they include age in their non-discrimination list. Since it will apply to everyone sooner or later.