Having Gay step down as president doesn’t solve the problem.
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A Gay fisking (cue whining from Paul in comments that he doesn’t like fisking, so he’s forewarned).
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It occurs to me that one of the absurdities that the DEI religionists attempt to impose on normal people (successfully at places like the NYT and AP) is to capitalize “black” as though it is some special privileged status. How does one determine whether a person is worthy of such a prestigious designation? Is Rachel Dolezal? As with being a man or a woman, is it simply a matter of claiming one’s status?
I refuse.
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Carol Swain’s attorney demands answers from Harvard.
Apropo of nothing, I had lunch with Carol Swain in the fall of 2020 in Omaha (same event where I met Jay Bhattacharya).
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Claudine Gay and the great DEI grift.
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The real scandal of the Harvard/Gay affair.
Yes, the lengths they were willing to go in defending the indefensible (almost) solely because they couldn’t bring themselves to provide a “victory” to a political opponent is sort of amazing.
Clearly, we need to return to the “one drop” rule for establishing black ancestry. Except now it should be that if’s there’s a single drop of non-black ancestry, then that person is definitely non-black.
(Of course this is sarcasm; the way to stop discrimination on the basis of skin color is to stop discriminating on the basis of skin color. And toss out the “race-hustling poverty pimps”, in J. C. Watts’ phraseology.)
Hey everybody.
There is a fracas on the Internet regarding someone named Chris Rufo claiming to be a Harvard alumnus, but he only went to Harvard Extension.
OK, people, can anyone confirm that Harvard, the Harvard, has an extension college?
Are people saying that Harvard is a Moo U?
Who knew?
Hi Paul. Yes Harvard offers an extension program. Largely aimed at professionals who wish to obtain an advanced degree on a part-time basis because they cannot afford to quit their day job or because their employer won’t grant a year+ paid leave of absence to pursue an advanced degree. It’s far easier (and cheaper) to earn a certificate rather than a degree.
https://extension.harvard.edu/
Here’s a typical course offering:
https://extension.harvard.edu/academics/programs/nuclear-deterrence-graduate-certificate/#outcomes
Haven’t learned if a certificate in this course grants you access to a launch key or membership in the SIOP development community.
IIRC the degree requirement still calls for a minimum of one year of residency plus thesis plus having earned all necessary prerequisites via certifications.
It’s a pretty long pull if your employer is not on-board.
If they’re so casual about excusing plagiarism, then they might be similarly casual about it in their own work.
I believe many of the extension students are active duty military. Promotions above a certain level more or less demand some sort of advanced degree. At one time a chance to learn things like history from the most prominent professors, now just a chance to be indoctrinated anti-American BS. Look how well it worked with Austin.
The Martin Hackworth column on The DEI Grift was very good, but I noticed this telling phrase about the old days:
“ in any case where qualifications were roughly equal, the call generally went to the underrepresented applicant.”
I was always on board with that, too, and loved the fact that it gave me a workplace that was not just a bunch of button-down IBM clones. But it retrospect? Every wedge has a thin end.