When I was in college Louis Farrakhan [1] came to speak. There was a great debate if he should come (state school/funds and a pretty high speaking fee.)
He spoke, huge protest outside (I covered the protests for the college paper) As a suburban white kid i learned a lot about things I wasn’t exposed to. I listened to a recording of him speaking a while I processes the pictures in the dark room. His oratory was mesmerizing.
Universities should be places where interesting opinions are shared and debated. If the person is relevant and not crazy they should be heard. Let the protests happen or ask them questions.
As for the other complaint, big companies have sexual harassment and diversity training. Probably not a terrible idea, just get everyone on the same page and it’s also an big time institutional protective move (CYA).
All these students got into MIT so they’re already doing pretty pretty good..
I work at a university so I might be a bit biased, but they’re not terrible places to donate to. My group shares all its science data with the community and does a lot of stuff that’s pretty non-commercial. I had someone in pharma tell me they’re always grabbing all the public data..
It certainly depends on the university/school. I saw the writing on the wall in 2010 and left a nine year career in the university behind. The focus was to "get asses in seats" (the president's words, not mine). Then on top of that certain segments of the faculty had become intolerant of certain student groups and would frequently punish students for their world views, even those that are now classified in higher intersectional categories. Yes this is all anecdotal, but we're seeing it play out with our own eyes in public now. I give to my alma mater but less so than to charities and institutions of which have missions that are clearly and plainly defined. I don't think the entire university model is corrupt or broken but we have to be careful.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan
He spoke, huge protest outside (I covered the protests for the college paper) As a suburban white kid i learned a lot about things I wasn’t exposed to. I listened to a recording of him speaking a while I processes the pictures in the dark room. His oratory was mesmerizing.
Universities should be places where interesting opinions are shared and debated. If the person is relevant and not crazy they should be heard. Let the protests happen or ask them questions.
As for the other complaint, big companies have sexual harassment and diversity training. Probably not a terrible idea, just get everyone on the same page and it’s also an big time institutional protective move (CYA).
All these students got into MIT so they’re already doing pretty pretty good..
I work at a university so I might be a bit biased, but they’re not terrible places to donate to. My group shares all its science data with the community and does a lot of stuff that’s pretty non-commercial. I had someone in pharma tell me they’re always grabbing all the public data..