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Why is that a bad thing? The best thing the Republicans have going for them is Hispanic Americans and their lack of white guilt.
But we're always told that those hispanics vote for the dems. That's why the dems want a 100% open border.
Who told you that?
Lol I know, but it's been stated on here multiple times. When I have a bit more free time I'll try to figure out who said it.
Sup Scott, where we at with that podcast? We are running out of time and the material is great right now.
C'mon, man. We don't need any more brown faces that don't wanna be a brown voice. We don't need any more black faces that don't wanna be a black voice.
Despite uncharacteristic discord on the Board of Regents over a list of diversity, equity, and inclusion recommendations, the board on Thursday approved the suggestions and asked the universities to produce progress reports and implementation plans by April.
“I, for one, cannot agree with a few of the points described in these 10 recommendations,” Regent Nancy Dunkel of Dyersville told her eight fellow regents after a study group of three regents presented their DEI assessment and suggested changes. “When we have diverse people at the table, we get different perspectives, different opinion and different voices.”
The study was mandated by the Republican-led Iowa Legislature, and the recommendations basically call for increased political diversity on university campuses and more scrutiny of DEI positions on those campuses.
The Board of Regents, by law, must maintain political balance, but Dunkel is the only registered Democrat on the board. Accommodating the letter of the law, Gov. Kim Reynolds has maintained a board of five Republicans and three registered independents, plus Dunkel, a former state legislator and retired banker.
"We can only have nine members on this board, so when we choose to be diverse, not everyone who wants to be on this board can be,“ Dunkel said. ”And I'm afraid that the voices that are getting louder are people who want to give their opinion, but they're not on this board.“
Among the study group’s recommendations are ones advising the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa to:
- Restructure central DEI offices to eliminate diversity functions not required as part of accreditation rules.
- Review all DEI positions at the college, department and unit level to determine whether the jobs are necessary for accreditation — and cut or adjust position responsibilities that aren’t.
- Take steps to make sure no employee, student, or visitor has to submit a diversity statement or be evaluated based on DEI initiatives.
- Make sure no employee, student, applicant or visitor is compelled to share his or her pronouns.
- Establish a board policy explicitly prohibiting consideration of race or other protected class in admissions.
- Annually advise employees on the separation of personal political advocacy and university business.
- Explore recruitment strategies to advance “diversity of intellectual and philosophical perspective in faculty and staff applicant pools.”
‘Micromanaging’ institutions
Nancy Dunkel, Iowa Board of Regents
Dunkel, in her admonishment of the recommendations, said, “We have to be careful here.”
“As good board members, we need to use our good judgment to steward the institutional systems forward,” she said “We have a fiduciary duty of loyalty to our regents schools’ mission. And we're supposed to stay independent and faithfully serve our institutions over our other interests.”
In the report produced by the regent study group — comprised of two who are registered Republicans and one independent — the authors note recent legislation passed in other states barring DEI activities not necessary for accreditation and compliance.
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“In the preface of this report, we talk about comparing our state to Florida and Texas,” Dunkel said. “I would say to that, what happened to our peer groups that each of our universities use for comparisons on many levels?”
None of the 10 peer universities assigned to each of Iowa’s three public universities are based in Texas or Florida, according to an update of the peer institutions approved in February.
Dunkel warned of the chilling effect DEI restrictions could have on business in and recruitment to Iowa.
“We are micromanaging their decisions and imposing new political intrusions,” Dunkel said of the universities. “Professors and leaders in our schools encourage critical thinking, discussion and questioning to improve learning. External intrusions do not improve, but are trying to undermine and control the universities.”
Political diversity
Abby Crow, Iowa Board of Regents
Having heard from a lineup of students during this week’s regents meeting in Cedar Falls concerned about intrusions on DEI efforts across the campuses, student regent Abby Crow on Thursday said she, too, had concerns with some of the recommendations and couldn’t support them — as written.
Specifically, Crow criticized what she viewed as the hypocrisy of encouraging recruitment strategies supporting political diversity while snuffing out efforts for racial and ethnic diversity.
“I don't understand how this recommendation isn't in some kind of opposition or conflict with earlier recommendations,” said Crow, a UI graduate student. "Especially when we talked about how requirements such as these could serve to limit the applicant pool, particularly where this requirement has little or no direct relationship to position requirements.“
David Barker, Iowa Board of Regents (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
In defending the recommendations, Regent David Barker of Iowa City — who sat on the study group — said academic studies have found “reduced philosophical, political perspective and diversity at universities over time.”
“And I believe the same is true in our universities,” Barker said. "I believe that that kind of diversity is beneficial, and I believe that it has been deflected in the past and that it would be a good idea for the universities to think about ways that they might increase that kind of diversity.“
Crow, in response, said, “I don’t think we can pick and choose which aspects of diversity that we want to encourage more at the universities.”
Barker said regents can, if one aspect has been deprived of progress, while the other has thrived.
“I think the universities have done an excellent job of promoting many kinds of diversity,” he said. “I think, though, that we may have fallen short on diversity of ideological and political perspective.”
Robert Cramer, Iowa Board of Regents
Regent Robert Cramer of Grimes, siding with Barker, said, “When you see a particular group being left out, you try to make a little extra effort.”
In the end, a majority of the regents approved the recommendations — requiring the universities to report back with findings and implementation plans in April.
Regents spar over DEI recommendations
Despite uncharacteristic discord on the Board of Regents over a list of diversity, equity, and inclusion recommendations, the board on Thursday approved the suggestions and asked the universities to produce progress reports and implementation plans by April.
Except when the majority of white Republicans keep accidentally revealing how much they hate brown skinned people.
Iowa's Board of Regents vote to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs, programs on all campuses
In addition to removing programs, race will no longer be a factor during the admissions or hiring processes.
You're an idiot.
| White 67% | Black 13% | Latino 13% | Asian 4% | Other racial/ethnic groups 4% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biden | 41% | 87% | 65% | 61% | 55% |
Trump | 58% | 12% | 32% | 34% | 41% |
Might want to Google “Republican official racist email” and spend all day reading the dozens and dozens of incidents. You should know, Look at elected Republicans. They look like the klan without their robes. Dems look like America.
"We don't need any more white faces who don't want to be white voices."
It's like they have ate the same narrative so many times they don't even know there are other offerings.
Great news! It's 2023 time for the "oh poor me crowd" to move on.Iowa's Board of Regents vote to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs, programs on all campuses
In addition to removing programs, race will no longer be a factor during the admissions or hiring processes.
College Universities are just a milk machine money wise for those who aren't employable in the real world.
You mean you are in favor of race and gender discrimination?
