The timeline is accurate, but the conclusion reached about the impact on admissions is demonstrably false (see California post-prop 209).
It's unfortunate that the article did not mention the recent FIRE ranking, where Harvard "earned" the lowest ever free speech ranking in their 2023 study.
Just as Robin DiAngelo redefined "racist" as the dominant group, i.e., white, diversity has evolved from being synonymous with variety, to having an alternate version added, which focuses on "a practice...of including people from a range of social and ethnic backgrounds". This changed the character of diversity from being a condition to being a process. I believe people support the condition as consistent with a university's core mission of a search for truth, but since the process necessarily involves coercion, libertarians and conservatives will always find it problematic.
The timeline is accurate, but the conclusion reached about the impact on admissions is demonstrably false (see California post-prop 209).
It's unfortunate that the article did not mention the recent FIRE ranking, where Harvard "earned" the lowest ever free speech ranking in their 2023 study.
Just as Robin DiAngelo redefined "racist" as the dominant group, i.e., white, diversity has evolved from being synonymous with variety, to having an alternate version added, which focuses on "a practice...of including people from a range of social and ethnic backgrounds". This changed the character of diversity from being a condition to being a process. I believe people support the condition as consistent with a university's core mission of a search for truth, but since the process necessarily involves coercion, libertarians and conservatives will always find it problematic.
Commendable work.
Interesting insight. Thank you.