Unfortunately, the powers that be in North Carolina’s community colleges have decreed that the hideous diversity, equity, and inclusion triumvirate will be “embedded” in the curriculum.
In today’s Martin Center article, Ashlynn Warta reports on the bad news. Enrollments and funding are down. She writes, “With such obvious financial stress, one would think the community college system is taking steps to better manage its resources and hopefully reduce its financial burdens. However, with the establishment of the System Advisory Council Initiative on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), the system has unfortunately decided to spend its resources on a frivolous, if not insidious, ideological initiative.”
The DEI obsession is evidently impossible for educrats to resist.
Warta doesn’t see any reason for this new “diversity” initiative: “It is very easy to apply and become admitted to a community college. Community college open admissions are non-competitive and unselective, one need only have a high school diploma or a GED certificate to become accepted. These colleges are already extremely accessible to people from all backgrounds. Additionally, community colleges serve the communities in which they are located. If the student body from a given small community isn’t ‘diverse’ enough, that is outside of the colleges’ control.”
It’s a waste of time and money, but that’s what government officials specialize in.