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Do you have to let this student make up this class?

After more heavy rain Sunday night and last night, the air feels like a damp sponge.  More heavy storms to come tomorrow night, after heading to the upper 80s today and tomorrow.

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Quote from: dismalist on Today at 08:31:28 AM

QuoteIn announcing the change, M.I.T.'s president, Sally Kornbluth, said diversity statements constituted a form of compelled speech that do not work.

If they don't work, they wouldn't have to be abolished. Problem is they do work in selecting faculty.

I disagree. I have seen some that were so cringeworthy we were able to avoid wasting our time interviewing the candidate.

Why were they cringeworthy?  What does someone say in a DEI statement that is so wrong it eliminates them as a job candidate?

Sounds like a student with issues that go beyond simple laziness and disorganization.  Glad your chair backs you in cases like this.

Quote from: dismalist on Today at 08:31:28 AM

QuoteIn announcing the change, M.I.T.'s president, Sally Kornbluth, said diversity statements constituted a form of compelled speech that do not work.

If they don't work, they wouldn't have to be abolished. Problem is they do work in selecting faculty.

I disagree. I have seen some that were so cringeworthy we were able to avoid wasting our time interviewing the candidate.

Good afternoon from Sarlat!

Keeping up with puzzles but not the computer. QBwH and a 2fer for today.

Enjoying reading everyone's posts.

Au revior...

The last few months have been impossible for me, in terms of getting significant research done, and May is not looking much better - although things should change dramatically for the better in June.

May goals:

• Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - it would be great to get this off by the end of the month, but that will be up to my colleagues
• Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - this one is sort of in limbo
• Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, due in June
• Make progress on book project #1 - contract in sight, just need to respond to some reviewer comments
• Make progress on book project #2 with colleague

Stretch goals:

• Apply for a small grant (or two)
• Get the ball rolling on a new empirical article

Killing a King by Dan Ephron, about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, is a great read that gives a lot of good insight as to how we got to this point.

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman also jumps out at me as a good one for students, although I haven't read it in years and don't know how it holds up.

QuoteIn announcing the change, M.I.T.'s president, Sally Kornbluth, said diversity statements constituted a form of compelled speech that do not work.

If they don't work, they wouldn't have to be abolished. Problem is they do work in selecting faculty.

Meetings are stealing most of the work day, so just T1ing today.