good piece. but remember that guys like Haidt are still center left. Pseudotokens. And, the selection pool for hiring true conservatives will be hamstrung by having driven out or disincentivized true conservatives from graduate schools, post docs and junior faculty jobs for the past 20 years- the ones left have learned to be quiet amd closeted (e.g. hardly consrvative at all). They can do what Hamilton center at UF did, and hire old boomers from harvard into a retirement gig, but that too is only seating the kind that permitted this all to happen politely for decades. that is, a huge Selection Bias problem still exists, and will for a decade or so. as you noted well, Their recruiters could reach oit to some of us bona fide scholars and scientists with true conservatives credentials, but they are not doing that.
Excellent article. I found myself in a similar position as a board member of a couple of higher-ed institutions. They wanted me to stay on because they "needed my voice", even though I'd be outvoted 28-2 on issues that I cared about.
I concluded that by staying on, I actually enabled them to avoid accountability by pointing to token conservatives like me. (Note that I'm only conservative in the world of higher ed. In the outside world, I'm a moderate.)
I found the first part of journey true, but left before seeing anything like the second part of your journey (2022). Just sat through meetings gritting my teeth at the intolerance.
There is nothing more important to our future than education… nothing. Sadly, the products of our education system are among the leading influences on our children, I.e., teachers. Among the many factors that indict the education system consider this one: a plurality of identified Antifa protestors are TEACHERS! Something I believe strongly is “education is far too important to be left to educators.”
good piece. but remember that guys like Haidt are still center left. Pseudotokens. And, the selection pool for hiring true conservatives will be hamstrung by having driven out or disincentivized true conservatives from graduate schools, post docs and junior faculty jobs for the past 20 years- the ones left have learned to be quiet amd closeted (e.g. hardly consrvative at all). They can do what Hamilton center at UF did, and hire old boomers from harvard into a retirement gig, but that too is only seating the kind that permitted this all to happen politely for decades. that is, a huge Selection Bias problem still exists, and will for a decade or so. as you noted well, Their recruiters could reach oit to some of us bona fide scholars and scientists with true conservatives credentials, but they are not doing that.
Excellent article. I found myself in a similar position as a board member of a couple of higher-ed institutions. They wanted me to stay on because they "needed my voice", even though I'd be outvoted 28-2 on issues that I cared about.
I concluded that by staying on, I actually enabled them to avoid accountability by pointing to token conservatives like me. (Note that I'm only conservative in the world of higher ed. In the outside world, I'm a moderate.)
I found the first part of journey true, but left before seeing anything like the second part of your journey (2022). Just sat through meetings gritting my teeth at the intolerance.
Chose wisely, as at UVa after an investigation by the Dept of Ed the UVa administration buried 234 DEI hires under different titles.
There is nothing more important to our future than education… nothing. Sadly, the products of our education system are among the leading influences on our children, I.e., teachers. Among the many factors that indict the education system consider this one: a plurality of identified Antifa protestors are TEACHERS! Something I believe strongly is “education is far too important to be left to educators.”
I’m curious if your research/scholarship in your field(s) of expertise were held back by your heterodoxy viz university power and politics?
Chose wisely, as at UVa after an investigation by the Dept of Ed the administration buried 234 DEI hires under different titles.