At Berkeley, a faculty committee rejected 75 percent of applicants in life sciences and environmental sciences and management purely on diversity statements, according to a new academic paper by Steven Brint, a professor of public policy at U.C. Riverside, and Komi Frey, a researcher for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which has opposed diversity statements…
According to a report by Berkeley, Latino candidates constituted 13 percent of applicants and 59 percent of finalists. Asian and Asian American applicants constituted 26 percent of applicants and 19 percent of finalists. Fifty-four percent of applicants were white and 14 percent made it to the final stage. Black candidates made up 3 percent of applicants and 9 percent of finalists.
Same practice at UCLA
60 UCLA Psych grad students sign a petition to reject a faculty applicant simple because he questioned whether divesity statments acheived what they were intended to acheive. This is what psycholigists do, they study whether social practices do what is intended. You know, like studying whether a medical procedure accomplishes what is intended. The poor bastard is a Progressive. If something doesn't work, you can't question it. Dr. Lycenko, call your office. So, a progressive isn't good enough. Oh, the intolerance! Oh the lack of exposure to differing points of view.
The UC systemis hiring crap for professors. How do you feel about your education now?
I graduated from UCLA over 40 years ago. The CRAP that goes on at 90% of ALL college campuses today is disgusting.