Amazing story, Rajiv. Who was Harberler and why was he such a dick? That letter from him is outrageous.
I hate to make everything about the 21st century culture war, but do you have thoughts about whether diversity statements are compelled speech? Morally I'm convinced that they are, but legally I have no idea and it's sometimes amazing the technicalities that can make a difference here. (Sadly we may never know since the only suit I'm aware of was dismissed for lack of standing.)
(This is Dave by the way... one of my students recently discovered my Substack comments, they were very kind about it but it convinced me to go pseudonymous since I don't like the idea of students forming their impression of me from my online discussions.)
Follow the link to the Haberler letter and scroll down, you'll see a very interesting comment about just how annoying he was reputed to be! I'm not a fan of diversity statements, which I find generally manipulative and uninformative. Not sure if they are compelled speech but probably close.
Amazing story, Rajiv. Who was Harberler and why was he such a dick? That letter from him is outrageous.
I hate to make everything about the 21st century culture war, but do you have thoughts about whether diversity statements are compelled speech? Morally I'm convinced that they are, but legally I have no idea and it's sometimes amazing the technicalities that can make a difference here. (Sadly we may never know since the only suit I'm aware of was dismissed for lack of standing.)
(This is Dave by the way... one of my students recently discovered my Substack comments, they were very kind about it but it convinced me to go pseudonymous since I don't like the idea of students forming their impression of me from my online discussions.)
Follow the link to the Haberler letter and scroll down, you'll see a very interesting comment about just how annoying he was reputed to be! I'm not a fan of diversity statements, which I find generally manipulative and uninformative. Not sure if they are compelled speech but probably close.