Public University Offers Professors Cash To Go Woke
University of Memphis asks faculty to infuse social justice into curricula

Quote:A public Tennessee university is offering professors financial incentives for "infusing" social justice into their classes.

The University of Memphis told faculty they could collect a $3,000 stipend for redesigning their curricula to align with the university's commitment to "diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice," according to an email sent to all faculty obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The offer is part of the university's "Eradicating Systemic Racism and Promoting Social Justice Initiative."

Interested faculty are asked to submit a copy of syllabi to be reworked as well as a 500-word "narrative" on their "diversity, equity, and inclusion philosophy" and how the new lessons will "address disparities" in their subject area.

The University of Memphis's offer is part of a growing trend on college campuses, where the overt promotion of social justice has become the new norm. At Ohio's Kenyon College, a small liberal arts school, professors can no longer receive tenure unless they can demonstrate "promotion of an inclusive classroom environment that values diversity."

The stipend offer from a public university has triggered concerns from both faculty and lawmakers over use of taxpayer money. One faculty member who requested anonymity due to fear of retribution said the offer "makes you scratch your head" due to the school's financial restraints.

"We've had a hard time retaining good faculty at our salary levels, so anytime you see money being spent on non-student or non-faculty causes, it makes you scratch your head," the professor said. "Could this money be spent on students or retaining quality faculty rather than a progressive agenda that isn't likely supported by the taxpayers or voters of Tennessee?"

The professor said he's concerned that otherwise apolitical courses would now be used to turn students into activists.

"I'm not sure how changing an accounting, nursing, or engineering course to align with social justice principles helps students," he said. "When faculty are underpaid in the first place, it's hard to blame them for taking this money. But it creates an incentive for a nonpartisan instructor to turn their students into activists for a few extra dollars."

Rep. Tim Burchett (R., Tenn.) said the university leadership should be "ashamed" for using taxpayer money to push professors toward "useless teaching."

https://freebeacon.com/campus/public-uni...o-go-woke/

I agree this is BS. I absolutely agree with the anonymous professor's observation: "When faculty are underpaid in the first place, it's hard to blame them for taking this money. But it creates an incentive for a nonpartisan instructor to turn their students into activists for a few extra dollars."

No doubt - most of the professors will do it just for the extra $3,000 and not for any real commitment to "diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice".

Another example of the old adage - $$$ talks and BS walks.

More donors gone. At this rate we will never give the Univ another dime.

(01-03-2022 01:29 PM)shere khan Wrote:  More donors gone. At this rate we will never give the Univ another dime.

wont get another one from me if they do this

My oldest daughter, who is now twenty, had a full ride to Memphis due to incredible grades and ACT score. She lasted a little over 3 months.

She went to English once, they asked everyone to stand up and declare their pronouns on day one of class. She walked out and never went back.

She ended up going to a trade school, finished in about 15 months. Moved to Wilmington NC for an apprenticeship, and just started full time there. She is probably making double what a college grad would be making coming out of Memphis.

More will so the same and these institutions will become even more of a useless echo chamber.

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Since the UofM just received R1 status maybe they could have spent that money better researching why Memphis is now the murder capitol of the country.

(01-03-2022 01:29 PM)shere khan Wrote:  More donors gone. At this rate we will never give the Univ another dime.

The CCP will take up the slack….

During one semester of my daughter's senior year in high school she had 2 dual enrollment classes at UofM: Psychology and English.

I tried to prepare her for the liberal garbage she was going to hear in her Psych class. A couple of weeks in she told me about the liberal whacko stuff in class -- but it wasn't from her psych prof. It was her English prof.

Go figure.

(01-03-2022 02:10 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Since the UofM just received R1 status maybe they could have spent that money better researching why Memphis is now the murder capitol of the country.

We know why:
1. Democratic leadership
2. Pathetic public education
3. Incredibly high number of single-mother households

Plenty of other reasons, but those are good for starters.

I know a big donor that cut them off when they paid that idiot Eric Holder to speak.

(01-03-2022 02:10 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Since the UofM just received R1 status maybe they could have spent that money better researching why Memphis is now the murder capitol of the country.

Hold on there hoss, Bettlejuice would like you to hold on to her beer.......

They can have my diploma back. Don't need it anyways.

Went to the 1st day of world civ or something back in about 1995. The teacher passed out the syllabus and it said the Koran was one of the texts we’d be studying and if you could read it in Arabic, that would be better. I got up and started walking to the door. The guy asked where I was going and I told him to drop the class. He asked why and I told him I didn’t need to be in any class where they were discussing some crap like Islam. He just looked kinda befuddled as I walked out.

(01-03-2022 06:28 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  Went to the 1st day of world civ or something back in about 1995. The teacher passed out the syllabus and it said the Koran was one of the texts we’d be studying and if you could read it in Arabic, that would be better. I got up and started walking to the door. The guy asked where I was going and I told him to drop the class. He asked why and I told him I didn’t need to be in any class where they were discussing some crap like Islam. He just looked kinda befuddled as I walked out.

lol ... that's a 24/7/365.25 for dipshites like that cat...

Well that explains Quinones' shorts.

(01-03-2022 02:10 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Since the UofM just received R1 status maybe they could have spent that money better researching why Memphis is now the murder capitol of the country.

Great concentration of fatherless blacks

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What a frickin embarrassment. They circle jerk over being R1, not understanding it's a function of accounting then shite all over everything.

I would not attend the University as stands today. I wouldn't send my kids their either.

I graduated from Memphis State, not this shiteshow.

(01-03-2022 10:10 PM)shere khan Wrote:  What a frickin embarrassment. They circle jerk over being R1, not understanding it's a function of accounting then shite all over everything.

I would not attend the University as stands today. I wouldn't send my kids their either.

I graduated from Memphis State, not this shiteshow.

same at southern miss … it was tough enough to listen to the crapola back in the 80s…

#blackNblued297.6miles

(01-03-2022 08:37 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(01-03-2022 02:10 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Since the UofM just received R1 status maybe they could have spent that money better researching why Memphis is now the murder capitol of the country.

Great concentration of fatherless blacks

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Racist mfer

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(01-03-2022 02:04 PM)maximus Wrote:  My oldest daughter, who is now twenty, had a full ride to Memphis due to incredible grades and ACT score. She lasted a little over 3 months.

She went to English once, they asked everyone to stand up and declare their pronouns on day one of class. She walked out and never went back.

She ended up going to a trade school, finished in about 15 months. Moved to Wilmington NC for an apprenticeship, and just started full time there. She is probably making double what a college grad would be making coming out of Memphis.

More will so the same and these institutions will become even more of a useless echo chamber.

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Bravo, dad. You did a good job.