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☆ Lawsuit Challenging University of California’s D.E.I. Statements Is Tossed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Behind the LawsuitDiversity statements — also known as diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., statements — ask candidates seeking a faculty job or promotion to describe how they would contribute to campus diversity. In his lawsuit, John Haltigan, who has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology, said he would have applied to a position at U.C. The Pacific Legal Foundation, a libertarian group that filed the lawsuit for Dr. Haltigan, did not make him available for an interview. They also say the statements are another tool that the savvy can use to hit the right buzzwords, rewarding performative dishonesty. requirements for faculty hiring — or the system’s diversity and inclusion efforts more broadly — but it defangs for now what experts say was among the first legal challenges to these university statements.

Persons: —, John Haltigan, “, ”, Haltigan, ‘, ” Erwin Chemerinsky, Wilson Freeman Organizations: Pacific Legal Foundation, University of California, Berkeley, Chronicle, Higher Education, Universities Locations: U.C, Santa Cruz, North Dakota, Florida, Texas, Arizona

☆ At University of Arkansas, a State Law Stifles Pro-Palestinian Speakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But there was one catch: To be paid for his visit, Mr. Thrall was told that he had to pledge, according to a 2017 state law, that he would not boycott Israel. “That is unacceptable and won’t happen in Arkansas.”At college campuses around the country, students and faculty have been engulfed in vitriolic debates over students’ pro-Palestinian speech. Brandeis, Columbia and George Washington University have banned or suspended pro-Palestinian student protest groups. At a large public university in a more conservative state like Arkansas, the debate is playing out in a somewhat different way. Well before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, state lawmakers had tried to control the debate on the Middle East, for instance demanding in the 2017 law that anyone contracting with the state sign a pledge against boycotting Israel.

Persons: Nathan Thrall, Thrall, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, ” Ms, Sanders Organizations: University of Arkansas, Israel, ”, ’, Brandeis, George Washington University Locations: American, America, Israel, Arkansas, Columbia

☆ How a Yale Student’s Rape Accusation Exposed Her to a Defamation Lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The woman said she woke in the middle of the night to find Mr. Khan on top of her. “What you did to me last night was wrong,” she told Mr. Khan, according to an affidavit. Why did she send Mr. Khan what they called flirty text messages before the alleged assault? The woman, who has been called Jane Doe in the defamation case, did not respond to a request for an interview. But to women’s rights advocates, that cross-examination proves their point: The practice is used to intimidate and retraumatize victims.

Persons: Khan, ”, “, Jane Doe

☆ A Professor’s Remarks on Sexual Consent Stir Controversy. Now He’s Banned From Campus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stephen Kershnar, a philosophy professor, is in academic purgatory. “It’s not obvious to me that this is, in fact, wrong,” he said on the philosophy podcast, as part of a wide-ranging thought experiment about ethics and consent. His remarks went viral after a right-wing social media account, LibsofTikTok, posted about it. The president of SUNY Fredonia, Stephen H. Kolison Jr., called the professor’s comments “absolutely abhorrent” and said that Dr. Kershnar was being reassigned to duties that did not require contact with students. He announced an investigation and, Dr. Kershnar said, directed police to search his office and seize his computer.

Persons: Stephen Kershnar, “, ”, LibsofTikTok, Stephen H, Kolison Jr, Kershnar Organizations: State University of New, SUNY Locations: State University of New York, Fredonia, SUNY Fredonia

☆ Prominent Scholar Who Claimed to Be Native American Resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There had been accusations for at least 15 years that Andrea Smith, a prominent ethnic studies professor, had falsely claimed to be Native American. Her scholarship was partly built on what she said was her Cherokee identity, but she never publicly — and scholars and former friends say, privately — offered a detailed explanation for her Cherokee claims. Now, after a recent complaint by 13 faculty members, Professor Smith has agreed to retire from the University of California, Riverside, next year in an unusual separation agreement. Signed in January, the agreement avoids an investigation into the faculty complaint, which accused her of false claims of Native identity that violated academic integrity. Riverside will pay up to $5,000 toward her legal costs of resolving the complaint.

Persons: Andrea Smith, —, Professor Smith, Smith Organizations: American, University of California, Riverside Locations: Riverside

☆ Why Legacy Admissions Are at the Center of a Dispute in Higher Education
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Critics have said for years that the century-old practice perpetuates privilege, and a handful of colleges, including Amherst and Johns Hopkins, have recently stopped using the preferences. Others, including the University of California system, the University of Georgia and Texas A&M University, ended the practice after they were pressured by lawsuits and ballot initiatives to stop using affirmative action, according to a Century Foundation analysis. Why do colleges use them? Colleges say that legacy preferences help create an intergenerational community on campuses and grease the wheels for donations, which can be used for financial aid. Some college leaders have said that legacy preferences play a small role in admissions decisions and that the students who are admitted under the system are highly qualified.

Persons: Johns Hopkins, ” Jeremiah Quinlan Organizations: Amherst, University of California, University of Georgia, M University, Century, Harvard, Yale Locations: Texas

☆ Wesleyan University Ends Legacy Admissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Why It Matters: Opposition to legacy admissions has grown. After the Supreme Court decision, legacy admissions came under heavy attack because the practice tends to favor white, wealthy applicants over Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American students. Polls also show that the public does not support legacy admissions. Some highly selective universities and colleges have dropped legacy admissions, including Amherst, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon and M.I.T. The future of legacy admissions on campuses is uncertain.

Persons: Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio, Tim Scott, Johns Hopkins, Michael S, Roth, Mr, whittle, ” Mr, ”, Biden, Iván Espinoza, Madrigal Organizations: Republican, Pew Research Center, Carnegie Mellon, Wesleyan, Harvard, Yale, Department, ”, Civil Rights Locations: Cortez, New York, South Carolina, Amherst

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