Category Archives: Preferrential Admissions

On UW-Madison’s 2015 Diversity Implementation Plan

The two essays that follow present my analysis of the 2015 report on Madison’s Diversity Implementation Plan. The essay immediately below, not previously printed, points out the plan’s additional deficiencies. The earlier and related essay, published previously in the Badger … Continue reading

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Letter to the editor: Current diversity plan just another dead-end

Apr 21, 2015 The Badger Herald “You’ve told us about the 18 initiatives and the 40 or so metrics in the diversity and inclusion implementation plan. What should I tell my colleagues about how to focus our individual and group … Continue reading

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Letter to the Editor: UW should use all available means to create a better campus climate

January 30, 2015 The Badger Herald Lack of evidence about the state of Madison’s “campus climate” proved to be the real surprise at Tuesday afternoon’s Diversity and Inclusion discussion. Remarks by Chancellor Rebecca Blank, Dean of Students Lori Berquam and … Continue reading

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Wisconsin won’t admit it, but its new egalitarian policy leads to grading quotas

December 17, 2014 The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy In July, I wrote about the pressure that University of Wisconsin officials have been exerting on the faculty for greater “equity” on campus. My “Madness in Madison” essay … Continue reading

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Madness in Madison: The University of Wisconsin’s latest diversity plan calls for “equity” in high-demand majors and the distribution of grades

July 16, 2014 The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy Many American colleges and universities are in the thrall of “diversity,” but none more so than my institution, the University of Wisconsin. This spring, the university adopted a … Continue reading

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Why the Rush to Endorse the New Diversity Plan?

May 3, 2014 Submitted to The Daily Cardinal What accounts for the “rush” to vote at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting to approve a new UW-Madison diversity plan, FORWARD TOGETHER, developed by the Provost-appointed Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee? The effects … Continue reading

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Letter to the editor: New campus Diversity Plan is deeply flawed

May 1, 2014 The Badger Herald What is the meaning of “diversity” and “Inclusive Excellence” in the new Diversity Plan that will be voted on at next Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting? This plan offers a radically different and much expanded … Continue reading

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W. Lee Hansen: Broader definition of diversity won’t help UW

May 1, 2014 Wisconsin State Journal UW-Madison’s curious new diversity plan is finally available more than a year after its scheduled completion. Its title is a mouthful: “Forward Together: A Framework for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence: Goals and Recommendations.” The … Continue reading

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Concerns about Forward Together diversity plan: Memo to University Committee

Members of the University Committee: With time growing short before the next Faculty Senate meeting when, as I understand it, the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee will be submitting its new diversity plan and seeking Senate approve of it, I … Continue reading

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Letter to the Editor: Is labeling “targeted” minority students discriminatory?

April 08, 2014 The Daily Cardinal The recently approved Regent Policy Document 14-6, “Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation,” raises troubling questions as UW-Madison formulates its new minority plan, “Forward Together: UW Madison’s Framework for Diversity and Exclusive Excellence.” The focus of … Continue reading

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