University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill has resigned. So too has the head of the Board of Trustees. Magill resigned after her comments before a congressional committee. She decided calling for genocide may or may not be against university policy depending on context.
Micro-aggressions are crushed while macro-aggressions are ignored. The feds are investigating Cobb County Schools for a statement referring to violence in the Middle East. Meanwhile, a gang has been recruited from across the US to terrorize a democratically approved public works project, and it is treated like a small local matter.
It is quite bizarre... but not when you realize that we live in a 2-tier country where justice is selectively applied.... or not.... for political purposes.
"The universities must not conclude that more restrictions on speech are needed. In fact, what is needed, is for the universities to facilitate free speech and stop picking sides. What is good for one group, must be good for another."
Exactly, Erick. I would much rather the university presidents have been pressured to resign months or even years ago for suppressing free speech than for allowing it now. If you're not a supporter of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), I encourage you to become one, or at least follow their important work.
Getting rid of a couple of university presidents accomplishes absolutely nothing.
The radical professors and staff are still there, continuing to set policies, still injecting those inflammatory concepts into those innocent skulls full of mush. They are either tenured or protected by civil service regulations and know they are free to promote whatever they please without repercussion.
If you look at the organizational charts you will see damn near as many VPs, Ass't. VPs, directors, etc. of the various social ideas as you find productive people. Administration has outgrown teaching staff. and it all began when the feds got into the education business. Thanks again, Jimmy.
And this is pervasive in high schools and even elementary schools.
As a former, now retired professor of 51 years at Georgia State University, there are four things that can cause higher education to change behaviors: (1) stop donations; (2) cease hiring their graduates; (3) require the liquidation of their DIE and Studies departments; and, (4) freeze all federal funding until colleges and universities change their policies.
Congratulations to the left! After much misunderstanding and confusion, the formal definition of the term "woke" has now been finalized for publication! "Woke" is having learned which people you are required to hate, and which you are not permitted to hate.
My wife has a masters from Harvard and is generally left leaning but she thinks Gay needs to resign as well. We watched the SNL skit on the hearings last night. I told her before we watched that SNL hasn’t been funny in over 20 years and not to expect anything less in the skit. She was convinced they would go after the university presidents for their views. I told her not to be so sure. After watching it, I think she was a bit taken aback at how it played out and she did not find it funny at all. I’m not sure what point they were trying to make except they made the Elise Stefanik character look like she was just up there for the cameras. And of course, it was not at all funny.
After watching the women of the ivy league leadership expose themselves as the corrupt unregenerate reprobates they are, I looked at the policies of the local colleges/technical colleges in my area. I set my parameters and looked at all within 200 miles of my small town. I read their policies. Of course, spiritual blindness, and ideological infection are still everywhere. These administrators and faculty construct a reality that can appear wholesome and edifying, especially in their bio's, but the described reality in the policy is anything but wholesome and edifying. Read those policies.
Losing employment is key to fixing this. I have a list of interview questions to discover Theory indoctrination. Those candidates will not be hired because they are toxic. Business is currently purging these employees because it has had enough. Musk started that. This is a massive ideological cult run through our education system by radical postmodernist feminists. Killing it requires negative economic consequences for the cultists. This is one of their fatal flaws. They have rammed victim group identity into hiring and promotion, but promote discrimination based on ideological views. Fine then. We will do so. And anyone with history of antisemitism should be unemployable for life.
"And anyone with history of antisemitism should be unemployable for life."
You had me until that sentence. Consider the Apostle Paul who literally murdered Christians before converting and becoming the second most prolific writer of the New Testament. Slave owners have become abolitionists. KKK members have become civil rights champions. Abortion doctors have become pro-life advocates.
I'm not saying to hire these students out of college, but please give people the opportunity to grow, learn, repent, and change. Don't write them off "for life."
Good advice. You are advocating restorative justice. The only problem I can see is that cult programming is damn hard to break. However, I am someone that would always accept real evidence of reformation… and apply the Christian principles of forgiveness.
All three of them can resign or be removed and it actually changes nothing. As one Rabbi who left, his position at Harvard, I believe, said, the professors are defending the stance of the presidents and the entire system is rotten. So it takes a lot more than removing presidents or board members. As Eric says, the bigger problem is that "free speech" is defined by these universities depending on who is speaking.
She resigned. But is still in a position of power. That shows what the university is all about. Put a billboard in front of a concentration camp. In fact that happened in Australia.
A commenter last week stated that the university presidents are controlled by the tenured professors. That’s no excuse for cowardice, though. I hope that the many Jewish people who’ve made their home with the left will switch teams after seeing how the left cares for them.
We see the same issue with the incredible number of attacks on Catholic churches and prolife pregnancy centers since the Dobbs leak. Perpetrators, when actually sought and caught, are given slaps on the wrist or no punishment while peaceful prolife persons are treated and charged like terrorists.
Micro-aggressions are crushed while macro-aggressions are ignored. The feds are investigating Cobb County Schools for a statement referring to violence in the Middle East. Meanwhile, a gang has been recruited from across the US to terrorize a democratically approved public works project, and it is treated like a small local matter.
Professor will be looking for a job when a degree in gender studies doesn’t get any one a job
Get rid of federal student loans and let’s see what happens then along with wealthy donors cutting back. Might be some proffers
It is quite bizarre... but not when you realize that we live in a 2-tier country where justice is selectively applied.... or not.... for political purposes.
"The universities must not conclude that more restrictions on speech are needed. In fact, what is needed, is for the universities to facilitate free speech and stop picking sides. What is good for one group, must be good for another."
Exactly, Erick. I would much rather the university presidents have been pressured to resign months or even years ago for suppressing free speech than for allowing it now. If you're not a supporter of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), I encourage you to become one, or at least follow their important work.
Getting rid of a couple of university presidents accomplishes absolutely nothing.
The radical professors and staff are still there, continuing to set policies, still injecting those inflammatory concepts into those innocent skulls full of mush. They are either tenured or protected by civil service regulations and know they are free to promote whatever they please without repercussion.
If you look at the organizational charts you will see damn near as many VPs, Ass't. VPs, directors, etc. of the various social ideas as you find productive people. Administration has outgrown teaching staff. and it all began when the feds got into the education business. Thanks again, Jimmy.
And this is pervasive in high schools and even elementary schools.
As a former, now retired professor of 51 years at Georgia State University, there are four things that can cause higher education to change behaviors: (1) stop donations; (2) cease hiring their graduates; (3) require the liquidation of their DIE and Studies departments; and, (4) freeze all federal funding until colleges and universities change their policies.
Congratulations to the left! After much misunderstanding and confusion, the formal definition of the term "woke" has now been finalized for publication! "Woke" is having learned which people you are required to hate, and which you are not permitted to hate.
My wife has a masters from Harvard and is generally left leaning but she thinks Gay needs to resign as well. We watched the SNL skit on the hearings last night. I told her before we watched that SNL hasn’t been funny in over 20 years and not to expect anything less in the skit. She was convinced they would go after the university presidents for their views. I told her not to be so sure. After watching it, I think she was a bit taken aback at how it played out and she did not find it funny at all. I’m not sure what point they were trying to make except they made the Elise Stefanik character look like she was just up there for the cameras. And of course, it was not at all funny.
I think I just heard that the UPenn President only resigned as president, but still.will remain as a professor.
Yes. This is the usual outcome for these professors. This permits them to continue to indoctrinate more students in their Marxist, Woke ideology.
A law professor!
A TENURED law prof.
After watching the women of the ivy league leadership expose themselves as the corrupt unregenerate reprobates they are, I looked at the policies of the local colleges/technical colleges in my area. I set my parameters and looked at all within 200 miles of my small town. I read their policies. Of course, spiritual blindness, and ideological infection are still everywhere. These administrators and faculty construct a reality that can appear wholesome and edifying, especially in their bio's, but the described reality in the policy is anything but wholesome and edifying. Read those policies.
Donors keep up the pressure? Why not just stop sending your children to these radicalization camps.
Many of these schools have so much money that they can offer free tuition for a generation.
Losing employment is key to fixing this. I have a list of interview questions to discover Theory indoctrination. Those candidates will not be hired because they are toxic. Business is currently purging these employees because it has had enough. Musk started that. This is a massive ideological cult run through our education system by radical postmodernist feminists. Killing it requires negative economic consequences for the cultists. This is one of their fatal flaws. They have rammed victim group identity into hiring and promotion, but promote discrimination based on ideological views. Fine then. We will do so. And anyone with history of antisemitism should be unemployable for life.
"And anyone with history of antisemitism should be unemployable for life."
You had me until that sentence. Consider the Apostle Paul who literally murdered Christians before converting and becoming the second most prolific writer of the New Testament. Slave owners have become abolitionists. KKK members have become civil rights champions. Abortion doctors have become pro-life advocates.
I'm not saying to hire these students out of college, but please give people the opportunity to grow, learn, repent, and change. Don't write them off "for life."
Good advice. You are advocating restorative justice. The only problem I can see is that cult programming is damn hard to break. However, I am someone that would always accept real evidence of reformation… and apply the Christian principles of forgiveness.
All three of them can resign or be removed and it actually changes nothing. As one Rabbi who left, his position at Harvard, I believe, said, the professors are defending the stance of the presidents and the entire system is rotten. So it takes a lot more than removing presidents or board members. As Eric says, the bigger problem is that "free speech" is defined by these universities depending on who is speaking.
She resigned. But is still in a position of power. That shows what the university is all about. Put a billboard in front of a concentration camp. In fact that happened in Australia.
And the despicable fact is they get away with it.
A commenter last week stated that the university presidents are controlled by the tenured professors. That’s no excuse for cowardice, though. I hope that the many Jewish people who’ve made their home with the left will switch teams after seeing how the left cares for them.
We see the same issue with the incredible number of attacks on Catholic churches and prolife pregnancy centers since the Dobbs leak. Perpetrators, when actually sought and caught, are given slaps on the wrist or no punishment while peaceful prolife persons are treated and charged like terrorists.