As bad as requiring a DEI statement as proof of ideological purity. Illegal, too, as no student group has the right to constrict the rights of other students on ideological grounds. The ends do not justify the means.

First, the fact the Chronicle doesn’t consider Asians diverse is crazy.

Second, we should have more specialized public school programs like Lowell in SF, instead of in-fighting over Lowell, so every child can explore their passions.

New encampments are going up at California universities, too. Meanwhile, Columbia has told students to leave or get suspended. But protests are unlikely to fade even at Columbia. Enough students are sufficiently passionate to keep campus protests going in one form or another.

Farid just posted an update on our preprint about construct and measure proliferation. We changed the discussion a bit to reflect our current thinking. And I updated the treemap plots to better capture the fragmentation in measurement in psychology.

Headed to Israel this week to participate in this in this pathbreaking conference at the University of Haifa that bridges many divides.

By all means protest and make your voice heard. But others have the same rights as you. Requiring ideological purity as a condition to enter a public space is to deny others the right to speak their mind. It is not liberation but blatant repression.

By all means protest and make your voice heard. But others have the same rights as you. Requiring ideological purity as a condition to enter a public space is to deny others the right to speak their mind. It is not liberation but blatant repression.

“When the whole world is globalized, you’re going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match.”

This is a magnificent introduction to the prophetic René Girard by the brilliant Cynthia L. Haven in The Free Press:

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'It's never easy to foster dialogue about race, class, gender and culture, [for example], but it will only become more difficult for faculty in disciplines concerned with the human condition if universities won't declare that ideas and feelings aren't interchangeable. Without…

Campus Free Speech: A Pocket Guide. (Note: There are a ton of misconceptions out there, both about what the First Amendment protects and about what the First Amendment doesn't protect.) Lawrence H. Summers Nicholas A. Christakis David Brooks Lawrence Solum
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Well put. At least in the Anglosphere, a related transformation of the left is its shift in focus from the lower classes to “marginalized identities.” Once it championed all the poor, regardless of race or ethnicity. Now it promotes selected identity groups, including their rich.

Well put. At least in the Anglosphere, a related transformation of the left is its shift in focus from the lower classes to “marginalized identities.” Once it championed all the poor, regardless of race or ethnicity. Now it promotes selected identity groups, including their rich.

Whatever the conclusion, the math seems to be correct.

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Yes, but enforce the rule neutrally. No Palestine flag, no MAGA flag, no Pride flag, no Black Lives Matter flag.

The crux of the matter: Princeton and other elite universities are enforcing rules selectively, depending on what students are protesting. Except on matters directly relevant to higher education, universities should be politically neutral.

Universities have failed to manage issues related to freedom of speech and academic freedom.

There are no clear standards or rules, coupled with leadership that often cannot articulate positions with any consistency.

As a result, all sides harbor deeply legitimate grievances.…

To young scholars: Publication process is highly imperfect. 25 years ago Atila Abdulkadiroglu and I received the following rejection of our school choice paper due to concerns on 'applications'. 4 years later it was published in the AER, triggering Boston school choice reform +

The crux of the matter: Princeton and other elite universities are enforcing rules selectively, depending on what students are protesting. Except on matters directly relevant to higher education, universities should be politically neutral.

Yes, but enforce the rule neutrally. No Palestine flag, no MAGA flag, no Pride flag, no Black Lives Matter flag.

Huge downsides: 1) Constricting honest discourse even further on campuses where speech policing is already out of hand, 2) Additional staff who, as DEI illustrates, will start expanding its powers, pushing higher education further away from its core mission.