UT Austin lays off DEI employees

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Anonymous wrote:The best way to support DEI is to reduce the cost of tuition. I wonder where universities can save money that could be out towards financial aid. Hmmm...

The nonrevenue sports cost a lot more than the DEI office. Even football loses money at most schools. So let’s start with those. Mk?

yes but sports either brings in revenue or brings out school spirit. DEI does neither.

Can you explain how a golf team at a large public university contributes to either school spirit or revenue?

Extremely wealthy alumni donate far more. I suspect the golf teams of a lot of colleges make up a substantial percentage of donations to the endowment in proportion to the size of the golf team.

Cite?

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Good.

No, this is bad. We need more diversity, equity and inclusion in our educational institutions.

But you don't need a DEI department for that. Just admit a diverse body of students.

Do you understand that inclusion is different from diversity? Just admitting diverse students does not mean they will enroll or feel welcome.

As a racial, ethic, religious minority I can assure you that patronizing lectures about how the normal interactions I experience are actually racist microagressions don't make me feel included.

Other people could have different experiences

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

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Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Actually, there aren’t always, which makes hiring all these DEI people worse.

My husband’s law school has three useless DEI people but only one mental health counselor for the entire school. She’s overwhelmed with actually helping students in crisis, and they post diverse pics on Twitter. It’s so messed up.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

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I'd rather the money spend on DEI staff to towards hiring more faculty and giving more financial aid. DEI offices largely replicate what good deans, counselors, and student programming already do. There is a massive professor shortage, though, with too many classes being taught by adjunct faculty and graduate students. More financial aid to cover things like housing and books for students attending college from poor and working class backgrounds is also money well spent.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because it’s not their business to promote all these things in the first place. It’s make-work at its worst…expensive, unnecessary, politically slanted, time-wasting, and encouraging everyone to obsess over differences.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd rather the money spend on DEI staff to towards hiring more faculty and giving more financial aid. DEI offices largely replicate what good deans, counselors, and student programming already do. There is a massive professor shortage, though, with too many classes being taught by adjunct faculty and graduate students. More financial aid to cover things like housing and books for students attending college from poor and working class backgrounds is also money well spent.

+1. Well stated.

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It is not just an Austin thing, it is the law in Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because it’s not their business to promote all these things in the first place. It’s make-work at its worst…expensive, unnecessary, politically slanted, time-wasting, and encouraging everyone to obsess over differences.

This seems like an opinion rather than fact.

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I have three young African American women who work for me who are attending college and also working two jobs to pay the bills.

One is studying Registered Nursing, one is studying to get her degree in Social Work, and one is studying Mortuary Science.

I'd rather see monies go to help fund education for working class people that are working hard to get ahead.

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Anonymous wrote:I have three young African American women who work for me who are attending college and also working two jobs to pay the bills.

One is studying Registered Nursing, one is studying to get her degree in Social Work, and one is studying Mortuary Science.

I'd rather see monies go to help fund education for working class people that are working hard to get ahead.

Three smart women, almost everyone at some point will need skilled nursing care, everyone like it or not will need a mortician and the US continues to heavily fund wraparound services.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how the people so against DEI don’t seem to have an elementary understanding of the concepts.

Funny that these departments are so very important, according to you, yet nobody knows what they do. You’ve highlighted the problem. What value do they add?

Perhaps you don't know what they do, and that is my point.

Your point is weak because everyone who is familiar with these departments know they are talentless paper pushers. Your head must be next on the chopping block.

You previously said nobody knows what they do. Now suddenly everyone familiar with them knows they are paper pushers? Which is it?

Paper pushers do nothing, that's why it's called paper pushing. They add no discernible value. The way to justify your existence isn't to say at least you don't suck as much as those other guys (golf).

You said nobody knows what they do, so how do you know that they do nothing?

Even if we haven’t dealt with college DEI staff, we’ve seen what they do in government or private businesses. And it’s ridiculous. Emails wishing everyone Happy Samoan New Year & inviting everybody to a workshop on how to help your confused 3rd grader find their true self.

There are already tons of college offices filled with counselors & facilitators of all types waiting to help people with every imaginable problem.

Why not just delete the email and not attend the workshop? Why is that programming a problem?

Because they buy the materials for those workshops or they bring in third parties to teach those workshops. Either way, it's a massive waste of money