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A Superannuated Newspaper Went After My University's DEI People. What Went Wrong?

A Superannuated Newspaper Went After My University's DEI People. What Went Wrong?

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Nov 03, 2024
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A few weeks ago New York Times Magazine did a feature with the title “The University of Michigan Doubled Down on DEI. What Went Wrong?”1 The title is incredibly evocative. It conjures an entire intellectual atmosphere in a few words. “Doubled Down” tells us that the journalist knows that you know that the U of M knows that this is all just a game, which …

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