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I work with a scientist/engineer at UMASS-Dartmouth. I wonder how one branch campus can do such a thing. I wouldn't have thought them to be autonomousUniversity of Massachusetts STEM faculty push back against the politicization of their University and its morphing from research and teaching to social engineering
Not long ago, according to the "open letter" from faculty below, the University of Massachusetts at Boston issued a new and provisional draft statement of its "Mission and Values". It's pretty short,
Don't know. Good question. This sentiment is not a rare thing in higher education these days, though, so it wouldn't surprise me if the entire system adopted a similar policy.
"We aspire to become an anti racist..." - are they racist now? Not being flippant but I wonder if they've had issues. Or perhaps they are just conforming to the community they serve. UIC type
Jerry is starting to lose it. His disdain for cancel culture is making him reflexively hostile to anything too woke.University of Massachusetts STEM faculty push back against the politicization of their University and its morphing from research and teaching to social engineering
Not long ago, according to the "open letter" from faculty below, the University of Massachusetts at Boston issued a new and provisional draft statement of its "Mission and Values". It's pretty short,
Reminds me of the first real job I had, for a pharmaceutical company. I knew we were all in trouble when the bosses had a "town meeting" to discuss their proposed "mission statement" that they had crafted. It took them apparently months and dozens of meetings to come up with a handful of trite statements. We were looking at each other and eager to get out of there and update our CVs.
I was thinking about having @stollcpa do my taxes and buying some shit from @mcmurtry66 , but I need to check out their mission statements first.
It does when you take "anti-racism" at it's new definition as supplied by Ibram Kendi and his ilk. That term is a dog whistle for people who think like this:
You're already familiar with ours as it's tried-and-true.
University of Massachusetts STEM faculty push back against the politicization of their University and its morphing from research and teaching to social engineering
Not long ago, according to the "open letter" from faculty below, the University of Massachusetts at Boston issued a new and provisional draft statement of its "Mission and Values". It's pretty short,
Mission statements are all BS. Every single one of them. If an organization has a mission statement, it has too many employees with too little to do.
I don't think so. I think Coyne is on top of this because he's staying up to date.
I bet that mission statement represents a whole lot more thought and intention of that college's administration in hiring, learning priorities, etc. than many tweets by a certain someone that you have been outraged by.
No, I used the term because it's something he's taken a keen interest in. And does a good job with, I might add. He's one of my favorite academics, and has been for decades.
I disagree. I think more people dedicated to rational thought and the usefulness of the university and education need to push back strongly against these notions. Parenthetically, I wish you would.
If it’s meaningless drivel, why did everyone go apeshit when Trump banned it from federal HR training?
University of Massachusetts STEM faculty push back against the politicization of their University and its morphing from research and teaching to social engineering
Not long ago, according to the "open letter" from faculty below, the University of Massachusetts at Boston issued a new and provisional draft statement of its "Mission and Values". It's pretty short,
They didn't adopt any of that stuff. Coyne and you are reading it into the text.
Trump banned university mission statements from HR training? Good for him!
"...based on who is advancing them" is obviously the material part as it relates to CRT. So if you presuppose that whatever the subject/area of research, it's intertwined with social issues and, more particularly, has inherent social biases, I don't think this draft mission statement gets there, "yet." I could certainly see it devolving to that, but I think it's premature for the author to make that connection without first seeing what the actual curriculum looks like.
Apparently it is complicated because that's not what it means
I see. So why change the mission statement then, when the old one specifically mentions their commitment to diversity and inclusion?
The difference is the new statement includes a trendy buzzword.
I think @BradStevens has done a much better job than I could of showing how this is quite a bit more than just adding a catchy buzzword to the mission statement.
What it was/is about is being a gold mine for Consultants to business executives who can't manage their departments.
It's not that I don't understand Coyne or Brad. I get the argument. I just disagree.
To answer your question, you signal it by stating "Our organization is opposed to racism."
When the mission statement (for a business) diverges from the business model for how to make money … It is time to go … nothing but trouble can follow.
That's hilarious! Part of the problem is everything occurs half a world away; part is the current environment; and part is inexperience. I don't know how you did it to be honest. There's so little you control
