Universities exist to educate students and contribute to knowledge. Period. That's it. They have to comply with various laws (e.g., Title IX, equal opportunity etc.), but their purpose is to educate and contribute to knowledge. Their purpose is not diversity; if diversity contributed to the pedagogical function, then it deserves some consideration, but it is not the purpose of the university to promote diversity.
VCU seems to be the latest public university falling down the "diversity" rabbit hole, going so far (at least according to this document: Download Quest 2028 One VCU April 2022 Faculty Senate (1)) as to insert "diversity" into hiring and promotion criteria. If so, they are asking to be sued for unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
But quite apart from the legality of all this, what is depressing is the fundamental confusion, on the part of academic leaders, about why their institutions exist.
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