Last month I discussed the Student Bar Association at the University of Virginia encouraging students to sign a pledge of allegiance to “diversity.”
Now comes news, from the Chronicle of Higher Education today, of a new set of guidelines at Virginia Tech that, critics say, “appear to require faculty members to show a commitment to diversity as part of their bids for tenure and promotion.”
I'd rather show a commitment to integrity and academic excellence, but that's just me.
There is a teacher at my school, so I am told by my students who has them pledge allegiance to the earth right after they pledge allegiance to the United States of America.
ReplyDeleteI have had discussions with my own family of whether I would want my own child to participate.
I hear her pledge emphasizes that we should be good stewards, something that even a conservative like me can agree with, but I think it is pretty bold thing to submit your classes to.