Conservatives Expose Clandestine Resistance To DEI Crackdown At JCCC

Still don't know how to feel about this one . . .

Credit where it's due . . . Conservative bloggers are doggedly following this story.

On the other hand . . . Of all the local institutions that deserve scrutiny, jr. college might NOT be the most nefarious operation threatening the downfall of society. 

Meanwhile, making life more difficult for academics on the low-end doesn't really help anybody besides keyboard warriors . . . But we have an open mind about it . . . Here's the money line and a link to more info:

“And so if you look at their job descriptions, the things in their job descriptions really were about belonging and including, and those are still things we hope to do. I don’t want to work for an organization that doesn’t want to include me or treats me like I don’t belong. So, we’re going to continue that work and wanted to make sure you guys know that. Because I know that there were probably a lot of people who were surprised by the message or had opinions about the message. There has been conversation with the people who formed the DEI task force prior to my arrival here, and so they’re aware of that.

“One of the things they talked about were rumors about things that are going away; we can’t have Trans Day of Coming Out, we can’t have Affinity Graduations; none of that is true. There’s been no decision made not to do any of the things that we already do. We still plan to have all of the things that we would have done at any other time, and this will not have any effect on what’s happening in the classroom. So, academic freedom is still a core tenant of postsecondary education, and we still plan to allow our faculty to teach what they like.”

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JCCC says it has closed its Office of Inclusion and Belonging, but Zoom meeting assures "the work will continue" - The Sentinel

A JCCC employee says the employees are staying and the work will continue.