Texas To Ban Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Efforts At Public Universities

[dalton99a]

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/texas-ban-diversity-equity-inclusion-234342368.html

Texas To Ban Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Efforts At Public Universities
Kelby Vera
Sun., May 28, 2023, 6:43 p.m. CDT

Texas lawmakers have moved to shutter all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at publicly funded universities in the state.

Legislators in both chambers approved the final version of Senate Bill 17 on Sunday and it is now headed to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to be signed.

If approved, SB 17 would require Texas’ public universities to dismantle their DEI offices, programs and training in the next six months. The bill also bans institutions from mandating any DEI training as a condition of employment or admission to the university, and orders all hiring practices be “color-blind and sex-neutral.”

DEI offices have become a fixture on college campuses in recent years. Aiming to support students from diverse backgrounds, DEI departments often aid in recruiting faculty and coordinating mentorships, tutoring and other programs for underrepresented students. Critics say the programs stoke racial division and unfairly prioritize social justice over merit and achievement.

[Deuxcents]

1. The Texas Taliban is working feverishly

[Chi67]

2. It is a race to the bottom...

...between Texas and Florida. They want to see which state can be the worst place to live.

[Skittles]

3. I've said it many times

Abbott and DeSantis are in a contest to see who can hump Trump the hardest....they both perform strictly for the MAGAt cult

[dalton99a]

4. +1. Abbott is catching up fast

[Cha]

5. Fucking Fascist POS

Strike again

[barbaraann]

6. What about LEGACY students???

That makes me want to scream. For example, I knew a young man who only got into medical school only because one of his relative was a Dean. He scored in the 16th percentile on the admissions test. One point above failing.

[Igel]

11. Doesn't sound strictly legacy.

Wife was faculty at a university; our kid would have gotten sharply reduced tuition had he attended there at the time, and it was an unwritten assumption that the faculty reviewing his application would put thumbs on the scale for a colleague.

He wasn't a legacy because no relative had attended that school (or any other school in Texas).

Legacies are often like "DEI admits" in that if they don't meet the actual average general requirements or exceed them they struggle in school and have far higher drop out rates and much lower GPAs. Then, if there's a professional degree involved, they may have to take the certification test 2, 3, 4, 5 time before they pass.

The alternative is that the school dump a lot of money into remedial work for the kids--tutors during non-class time, remedial classes, the equivalent of public school paraprofessionals to help the kids in real time in class and adjacent times. Note that legacies don't get that extra help.

[barbaraann]

12. Good points. A better example might be the man I knew who had a building at Harvard

named after an ancestor.

[Cha]

7. I don't see how Dems

Are standing this. It must be so heartbreaking 💔

[walkingman]

8. There is not a damn thing we can do about it.....yet. I keep hoping that Texans wake up.

[Cha]

9. It could happen.. Fascism has

been known to make siesmic changes through the Centuries.

Hope So , Too!

[roamer65]

10. God, I hate GQPers.

Fuckers are the same fascist scum suckers in every state they infest.

Racist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, on and on…