UT Austin lays off DEI employees

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In the medical system I work for we are mandated to spend countless hours on DEI trainings and modules which takes away from our already limited patient care time. It sows resentment and division when less qualified people are hired simply to meet some arbitrary quota.
DEI will be the ruin of fields where only the best performers (airline pilots, physicians etc) should be selected in order to protect public safety.

Where did you see that airlines are hiring unqualified pilots?

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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?

DEI is a pure cost center. It makes perfect sense to start there. Who said this would be the only fat trimming?

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Anonymous wrote:This decision only makes it more attractive. DEI employees are toxic to their cause.

This is actually true, because DEI makes the workplace hostile, in many cases.

I agree. They implement policies that are only established to instill anger and confusion. They do NOT, in fact, help with issues in enrollment.

The entire premise is tearing down some groups to prop up others. It's the antithesis on inclusion.

[Anonymous]

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In the medical system I work for we are mandated to spend countless hours on DEI trainings and modules which takes away from our already limited patient care time. It sows resentment and division when less qualified people are hired simply to meet some arbitrary quota.
DEI will be the ruin of fields where only the best performers (airline pilots, physicians etc) should be selected in order to protect public safety.

Same. I am also in healthcare and we've had to take some RIDICULOUS trainings on DEI. I'm not White, but some of the things they teach are inane. And not helpful in any way. Someone is clearly make a ton of money offering these 'trainings' despite the fact that they are completely useless. Waste of time and money.

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I think this is a good move. DEI is divisive and has not proven to help those who need it. I like the idea of helping all students through more counseling services.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you stupid or are you dumb? The purpose of the DEI is not to create diversity through admissions, but to support students who attend the college and the college as a whole in making it a more tolerable place for everyone, not just white people and their allies who actively mistreat and disrespect minorities is public and in private, for example this board.

People tend to get along pretty well, then the DEI hacks show up & justify their jobs by telling everybody why they should be angry.

+1. I’m a minority who attended an elite college which, at the time, was majority white. This was before the explosion of DEI and I never felt unwelcome or mistreated because I wasn’t white. I actually resent the racial divisions DEI pushers are trying to force these days.

I totally get and support the establishment of offices to support first-generation college students - less “sophisticated” kids who don’t have the kind of parents who can guide them professionally, may not have the money or familial stability to go home at breaks, might not be able to afford interview clothes, things like that. But that should be totally divorced from the race of the students. My college has a program like this and I think they all should.

Agree. I would support this based on income/SES. But not on race.

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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?

Well we know DEI does neither, you just don't like the order of the budget cuts. I guess nobody thought to ask you.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you stupid or are you dumb? The purpose of the DEI is not to create diversity through admissions, but to support students who attend the college and the college as a whole in making it a more tolerable place for everyone, not just white people and their allies who actively mistreat and disrespect minorities is public and in private, for example this board.

People tend to get along pretty well, then the DEI hacks show up & justify their jobs by telling everybody why they should be angry.

They sow division like PP by pitting groups against each other. Us vs Them. Good riddance.

That does make them extremely effective at preventing unionization of groups who might otherwise be inclined to unite, however. I mean why do you think big institutions that are anti-union like universities are so in favor of DEI? In the end DEI is a convenient mechanism for entrenchment of existing class structures on university campuses.

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It’s a jobs program for otherwise unemployable people. Good riddance.

1000%

So glad to see any and all DEI departments at colleges dismantled. What a profound waste of money. Ben Sasse at U of Florida has also done this and I hope it becomes the norm across the country.

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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?

Non-revenue sports bring in far more in lifetime alumni donations than DEI.

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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).

[Anonymous]

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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.

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I’d support a small office to guide first-generation students. No kid is going to go to an office if the cut-off is income. I could see a roll within that office ( like one seat) specifically to assist students with extra needs due to their cultural background.

College costs are incredibly bloated. I’m all for cutting fancy sports venues for teams that aren’t profitable or high-profile. I’m all for cutting other seats that don’t relate to the academic day, food, healthcare, or housing. I’m not sending my kids on a 4-year vacation.

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Anonymous wrote:This decision only makes it more attractive. DEI employees are toxic to their cause.

This is actually true, because DEI makes the workplace hostile, in many cases.

I agree. They implement policies that are only established to instill anger and confusion. They do NOT, in fact, help with issues in enrollment.

The entire premise is tearing down some groups to prop up others. It's the antithesis on inclusion.

Source?

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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?