Posted on 07/22/2014 11:24:47 AM PDT by massmike
Diversity — i.e., the displacement, marginalization, and eventual eradication of the sort of people we grew up thinking of as normal Americans — has been taken to new extremes by the moonbats running the University of Wisconsin–Madison:
This spring, the university adopted a new plan that, according to Board of Regents policy, “[p]laces the mission of diversity at the center of institutional life so that it becomes a core organizing principle.” …
This Framework for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence sailed through our Faculty Senate without the least bit of attention…
Of course no one objected. No one in academia who values their career will risk being seen as challenging political correctness these days.
The “Framework” consists primarily of liberal clichés and incomprehensible psycho-babble. It includes eight essential “working definitions.” Among the most ominous of them is “representational equity.”
It calls for “proportional participation of historically underrepresented racial-ethnic groups at all levels of an institution, including high status special programs, high-demand majors, and in the distribution of grades.”
The implications of this lunacy being implemented at top universities are alarming.
Suppose there were a surge of interest in a high demand field such as computer science. Under the “equity” policy, it seems that some of those who want to study this field would be told that they’ll have to choose another major because computer science already has “enough” students from their “difference” group.
Especially shocking is the language about “equity” in the distribution of grades. Professors, instead of just awarding the grade that each student earns, would apparently have to adjust them so that academically weaker, “historically underrepresented racial/ethnic” students perform at the same level and receive the same grades as academically stronger students.
[…This is] likely to trigger a new outbreak of grade inflation, as professors find out that they can avoid trouble over “inequitable” grade distributions by giving every student a high grade.
Well, maybe not every student. Those who belong to groups deemed to have overachieved may suffer grade deflation.
In the end, a student will be graded not on academic performance but on how brightly liberals glow with self-righteousness while condescendingly pitying whatever victim group the student has been pigeonholed into. Those who do not qualify as victims are oppressors to be punished.
A sick tree bears diseased fruit. The same goes for liberal ideology.
Framework for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence
Inclusive....Excellence?????
ahahahaha
THANK YOU
Are Asian children goign to be turned away as they are now seen as a group of being “worse than white” because they tend to do good in academic settings...
Good! Great! Sure!
Another university to blacklist from employment.
For years they have been getting admitted to college because of their race, and getting free tuition too. They have been given marks they don’t deserve, and getting degrees they don’t deserve. They have jobs handed to them, and they don’t have to work.
So this is nothing new.
Related threads:
University of Wisconsin’s latest diversity plan calls for “equity” in the distribution of grades.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3183482/posts
Affirmative Action In College Grading
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3183411/posts
UW-Madison policy calls on professors to distribute grades based on race
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3183359/posts
Public university unfairly raising grades of black students, say three former faculty members
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3038008/posts
1JUL2013
Students Sign Petition To ‘Redistribute’ GPAs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876183/posts
24APR2012
“Apparently, many students don’t like the idea of redistribution - but, only when it applies to their grades. Redistribution of their GPAs (grade point averages) to poorer students, they say, is unfair. But, those with lower grades don’t seem to mind benefiting from the hard work of their “greedy” high-achieving classmates.”
Report: University of Wisconsin-Madison mulls ‘diversity-based grading’
http://eagnews.org/report-university-of-wisconsin-madison-mulls-diversity-based-grading/
Not to be snarky, but...
Please work on your grammar. I don’t want to see “inclusive excellence” on a conservative website.
The idea is to increase the number of students by whatever means. Years ago colleges started giving remedial high school courses. Population is what counts.
Isn’t this a form of “profiling?”
Three good jobs for people who come through this system:
1) anything in the TSA;
2) Diversity officer in some organizatoin;
3) President
Do you mean the handouts given to those profiled as being inferior since they obviously are incapable of doing it on their own?
Yup.
To paraphrase Obama: “These students didn’t take no stinking tests, somebody else took those tests!”
Part of the liberal’s “Everybody Gets A Trophy” Project. Everybody Gets a Diploma!
I guess Madison is where they dump the leftist lunatics who are too dumb for UC Berkeley.
So if a student who is not part of a protected minority class has an ‘A’ average, I guess that will mean that have something like a 9.0 average in relation to the affirmative action A students with their fake 4.0 averages.
Since we have the Great Pretender in the Oval Office, now is the time to pretend in all things. Pretendocracy, we hare here!
Higher education in the US has become a total boondogle. Mickey Mouse courses, professors, and students alike. Its no wonder that Employers prefer hiring foreign students whenever possible.
[ Not to be snarky, but...
Please work on your grammar. I don’t want to see “inclusive excellence” on a conservative website. ]
I iz a dumb whut chick who iz pourly edumakated.
Just save some time and trouble and just fail all the white guys.
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