NYT's Bret Stephens, on Gay: "How did someone with a scholarly record as thin as hers — she has not written a single book, has published only 11 journal articles in the past 26 years and made no seminal contributions to her field — reach the pinnacle of American academia?" nytimes.com/2024/01/02/opi…
"The answer, I think, is this: Where there used to be a pinnacle, there’s now a crater. It was created when the social-justice model of higher education, currently centered on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts — and heavily invested in the administrative side of the university — blew up the excellence model, centered on the ideal of intellectual merit and chiefly concerned with knowledge, discovery and the free and vigorous contest of ideas."
@JoshKraushaar Answer to “how?” 1. Insightful hair stylist 2. Perfect eyewear 3. DEI
@JoshKraushaar @ScottAdamsSays LoL! I'll tell you how she got there, her skin color and her genitals. Just like our current VP. How's that been working out......??????
@JoshKraushaar #BlackPrivilege. It's been visible - for 40 years - that nonwhites other than Asians readily get tenure-track professor jobs with far lower credentials than W/Ms. Women also do.
I think Bret Stephens' answer says it well: "The answer, I think, is this: Where there used to be a pinnacle, there’s now a crater. It was created when the social-justice model of higher education, currently centered on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts — and heavily invested in the administrative side of the university — blew up the excellence model, centered on the ideal of intellectual merit and chiefly concerned with knowledge, discovery and the free and vigorous contest of ideas."
@JoshKraushaar I can’t imagine living that befuddled in the world. To not understand how she got her job is the mental equivalent of not being able to tie your own shoes.