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MIT eliminates DEI hiring requirement: 'They don't work'

Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:25 pm
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
2094 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:25 pm
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became the first elite institution to scrap diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) statements from its faculty hiring process. 

On Sunday, the school confirmed to UnHerd that it was removing a requirement that mandated all prospective faculty submit a diversity, equity and inclusion statement during the hiring process. A university spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "requests for a statement on diversity will no longer be part of applications for any faculty positions at MIT" and added that the decision was made by the school’s president, Sally Kornbluth, with the support of the Provost, Chancellor, and all six academic deans.

"My goals are to tap into the full scope of human talent, to bring the very best to MIT, and to make sure they thrive once here," Kornbluth said. "We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work."

Posted by Pizza Dan
Member since Apr 2023
295 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:27 pm to
We tried to tell them didn’t we?
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
7092 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:31 pm to
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We tried to tell them


Yes, but you are all just stupid peasants
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90769 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:33 pm to
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Diversity



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They don't work'


No shite
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
68099 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:34 pm to
there is no system that will beat meritocracy
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
62479 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:37 pm to
The statements don’t work? Or the people they hire don’t work?
Posted by HubbaBubba
F_uck Joe Biden, TX
Member since Oct 2010
45813 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:40 pm to
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My goals are to tap into the full scope of human talent, to bring the very best to MIT, and to make sure they thrive once here," Kornbluth said. "We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work."
Is that the pendulum pausing before swinging right?
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37672 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:41 pm to
Math is racist
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
3994 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:41 pm to
Probably not a bunch of minorities with STEM degrees waiting to be hired by one of the top engineering schools in the country/world. Who would’ve guessed?
Posted by DrrTiger
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2023
366 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:41 pm to
Standardized tests? “Oops, we were wrong.”
DEI? “Oops, we were wrong.”

What will they admit to being wrong about next?

Posted by Laugh More
Member since Jan 2022
1088 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:22 pm to
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The statements don’t work? Or the people they hire don’t work?


Yes
Posted by chili pup
Member since Sep 2011
2731 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:27 pm to
Other Bama people here, are we protected from this in our State?

If not, we need to adopt this bill.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 10:30 pm
Posted by TN Tygah
Member since Nov 2023
1951 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:29 pm to
Black people, being the primary beneficiaries of DEI, will eventually realize that it’s really hard to earn shite the old fashioned way. I expect them to continue to bitch about everything, we can just hope that fewer and fewer people are listening. Looks like that’s happening.

Pendulum has been swinging this way for a while. A little too slowly for my liking but, it’s good to know once it swings in this direction it isn’t going back ANYYYYY time soon.
Posted by chili pup
Member since Sep 2011
2731 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:32 pm to
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Black people, being the primary beneficiaries of DE


Democrats are just using them until their vote no longer matters
Posted by Wildcat1996
Lexington, KY
Member since Jul 2020
6036 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:49 pm to
"They" are much smarter than you. Don't take my word for it, just ask them.
Posted by BoudinChicot
Member since Sep 2021
1079 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:26 pm to
The fact that these were allowed to be written as compulsory ideological allegiance statements, largely unopposed, for over 10 years in academia as a requirement for admission is totally disgusting and someone should sue the shite out of public universities for it.
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
6210 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:28 pm to
I had an orientation with a new grad chem E from MIT.
Haitian immigrant and gay.

He couldn't understand how 401k match worked.
Had it written out, explained to him by HR and myself.
Couldn't seem to understand.
Also, couldn't understand how to lock his laptop, had it "stolen" by instructor.

Amazing how fricking stupid this guy was.

DEI has been strong at MIT.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 11:29 pm
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
29136 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:32 pm to
To be so smart they sure are dumb fricks.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6547 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:42 am to
Math isn’t political. You can either do it or you can’t.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
19345 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:24 am to
DEI was never about improving society, it was a way to take and hold power. And power would be divided among a group of ethnic and religious minorities who would form the ruling coalition.

When they say it “didn’t work” it means the coalition was too fractious.
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