Texas Tech University
Recent News About Texas Tech University
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Spalding: DEI is 'toxic' and 'attacks the integrity' of academia
Dr. Matthew Spalding of Hillsdale College believes that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which have grown among colleges and universities in recent years, are working against the purpose or idea of a university. He suggests that though the words diversity, equity and inclusion have good origins and goals, current DEI plans within higher education will lead to their opposite intended ends, namely "ostracization and exclusion."
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National Association of Scholars fellow: Texas Tech using 'ideological litmus tests' in faculty hiring
In a Wall Street Journal opinion column, John Sailer, a fellow at the National Association of Scholars, explores how Texas Tech University was using diversity statements and a DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) committee to evaluate qualities of candidates for faculty positions.