Compiled by B.G.

A short list of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles about the impact on public policy, of anti-DEI factions in your state and local politics. We urge you to do your own investigative journalism on the connections of these citizen factions to the corporate/moneyed interests, the very top tier of the class system in your region.

Sunsetting Racial Justice in the Sunshine State and Florida-izing the Nation: How Florida’s Anti-Diversity Legislation May Be a Model for the Supreme Court
The American Prospect (March 10, 2023),
https://prospect.org/justice/2023-03-10-race-legislation-florida-supreme-court/

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 763
5 Pages Posted: 14 Apr 2023
Marc Spindelman

Anti-DEI legislation targeting colleges and universities: Its potential impacts on nursing education and the pursuit of health equity

Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0029655423000994

Received 16 February 2023, Revised 15 May 2023, Accepted 18 May 2023, Available online 17 June 2023, Version of Record 17 June 2023.

Resistance and Backlash from the Perspective of PK-12 Educational Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professionals (DEIP) in a Predominantly White Midwestern State

Chaisson-Cardenas, John-Paul.   The University of Iowa ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2022. 29169903.
https://www.proquest.com/openview/7c58a832c0369aab84e1dcbffcd06ddc/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

The Manhattan Institute’s “Abolish DEI Bureaucracies and Restore
Colorblind Equality in Public Universities” Issue Brief

(The Manhattan Institute is funded largely by major corporations and conservative foundations. According to the group’s 10-year review, published in 1990, “by 1989, total contributions had grown to $2,113,000, 41 percent of which came from conservative and/or corporate foundations. Thirty-three percent came from Fortune 500 corporations, chiefly insurance companies and pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers including $50,000-plus each from Aetna and State From Insurance and $15,000-plus each from Prudential, Exxon, RJR Nabisco, Philip Morris, Bristol-Myers and Pfizer. Total revenue has grown to about $6 million, according to the 1997 edition of The Right Guide. See, Chesebro, “Galileo’s Retort: Peter Huber’s Junk Scholarship,” 42 Am. U.L.Rev. 1637 (1993). https://centerjd.org/content/fact-sheet-manhattan-institute
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06.09.2023 | Fear and Confusion in the Classroom (link in blue)

“Sowing confusion and fear among faculty members about what they can and cannot teach may be the underlying and main goal of the curricular legislation as a package,” says the AAUP’s recently released preliminary report on academic freedom in Florida.

By Megan Zahneis and Beckie Supiano
June 9, 2023
IN: Chronicle of Higher Education (page offers registration for free account)

‘More Cowardly Than Cautious’: Faculty Decry College Leaders’ Silence on DEI Attacks

By Katherine Mangan
May 25, 2023

IN: Chronicle of Higher Education (page offers registration for free account)

The Effects of Diversity Equity, and Inclusion Policies on the Traditional Mission of Universities

10 Pages Posted: 26 May 2023
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4449141

Herbert Grubel

Simon Fraser University (SFU) – Department of Economics; The Fraser Institute
Date Written: May 15, 2023

Abstract

Offices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Canadian universities have grown rapidly. Their mission is mainly to create benefits for minority students that interfere with the traditional university mission to pass on and create knowledge by causing reduced spending on teaching, research, and student services; reducing the role merit plays in student admissions and faculty hiring; modifications in course contents and research projects; changes in university culture. A benefit/cost analysis is needed to evaluate the merit of the work done by DEI offices.

Keywords: DEI, EDI, Universities, teaching, research
JEL Classification: A20, H83, J88, Z10, Z18

On the positive, practical side: DEI and attracting and retaining a young workforce

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS IN RESPONDING TO CHANGING WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS: GLOBAL CHALLENGES TO PREPARING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE

BARBARA HEWINS-MARONEY and ETHEL WILLIAMS

Public Administration Quarterly
Vol. 37, No. 3 (FALL 2013), pp. 456-490 (35 pages
Published By: SPAEF
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24372115

The case for diversity, equality and inclusion

Authors: Janes, Francis ¹ ; Harvey, Richard H. ² ; 
Source: Journal of Financial Compliance, Volume 5 / Number 3 / Spring 2022, pp. 218-227(10)
Publisher: Henry Stewart Publications
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hsp/jfc/2022/00000005/00000003/art00004

Diversity and inclusion in engineering education: Looking through the gender question

Aruquia Peixoto, Centro Federal de Educação Tecno1ógica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, CEFET/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carina Soledad González González, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University

Rebecca Strachan, Tech and ladies, Women Techmakers, United States of America

Pedro Plaza, Departamento de Ingeniería Informática y de Sistemas, Universidad de La Laguna

María de los Angeles Martinez, Plaza Robotica, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain

Manuel Blazquez, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain

Manuel Castro, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain

Abstract:

The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field in general, and Engineering, suffer from a lack of diversity. Yet there is growing evidence that more diverse organizations are more successful and effective. There is also a global shortage of STEM and engineering skills that can be tackled by addressing the lack of diversity in the field. One obvious way to view this problem is by looking at gender. Women make up 50% of the population, but in Engineering the number of female students and professionals is clearly less than this, often around 10–25% in many parts of the world. This underrepresentation of women leads us to think about other groups that are underrepresented in Engineering; these include Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and those from socially deprived backgrounds. This paper examines a number of approaches to support diversity and inclusion to encourage a greater uptake of engineering by underrepresented groups and to retain people in the sector.

R.E.A.C.H. All Our Students: Considerations for Ethnic Studies Advocacy

Prepared for: Every Texan
Prepared by: Timothy Lindsey
Master of Public Policy Candidate
The Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sarah Komisarow

Policy Question and Significance of the Issue
Policy Question and Goals of the Project
The following question was answered on behalf of this project’s client, Every Texan:
Based on findings from other states and practitioners, how should Every Texan advocate
towards making ethnic studies an accredited social studies course for high school students?
The client wants to use the project as a roadmap for their advocacy efforts in the next
legislative term of the Texas state government. Ideally, the client plans to use the project to show
the effectiveness of ethnic studies programs. However, this project will inform the client of the
policy windows and blocks toward their proposal.
Significance of the Issue
Ethnic studies are accredited extracurricular courses that can be taught in Texas high
schools. These courses include Mexican American Studies (approved in 2018) and African
American Studies (approved in 2020). Although both courses are listed under the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards, they do not count towards a social studies credit. The client, Every Texan, believe that this should be an accredited course that students can use toward their graduation requirements. This policy option is not meant to require all students to enroll in ethnic studies. Instead, it allows students the option to enroll in a course and creates an incentive through a recognized social studies credit.

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In Mass Media (Paywalls may obtain)

Conservatives seek control over public universities with state bills

Texas lawmakers voted to ban DEI programs, one of dozens of efforts to limit liberal influence in higher education

By Susan Svrluga
Washington Post
June 3, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/03/republicans-college-bills-dei-tenure/