VIDEO: DEI Reform at the Universities

National Association of Scholars

The Trump administration may be rolling back the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) agenda at the NIH and other government research agencies, but reforms at the top are not enough. When the political winds change, as they inevitably will, the corrosive ideology of DEI remains entrenched at colleges and universities, ready to reassert itself. Now, the campaign shifts to the institutions, which need to implement wide-ranging reforms that will restore the universities to bastions of truth seeking and make the reforms stick. 

This event features David Randall, Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars; William Frezza, from the MIT Free Speech Alliance; and J. Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars. Dorian Abbot, from the University of Chicago, serving as moderator of the discussion and audience Q&A.


Photo by Kkolosov on Adobe Stock

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