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VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:19 am
by USN_Hokie
This is making the rounds this morning.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/v ... n-in-stem/

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:34 am
by UpstateSCHokie
USN_Hokie wrote:This is making the rounds this morning.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/v ... n-in-stem/
TSL recently ran its (now annual) poll asking its readers its opinion of Sands. He still gets high marks from most of their readers which is quite stunning to me. The guy is a divisive left wing ideologue trying to bring Berkeley values to Blacksburg.

Perhaps they are supportive of him because of the recently success of the football & bball teams, but most of that credit should go to Babcock, Fuente, & Williams.

EDT: I realize this grant has not much to do with Sands, but I just needed to rant a bit.

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 11:48 am
by BigDave
I assume they will be using the $1 million to get rid of the women's studies department?

If you want more women and minorities in STEM, then stop convincing women and minorities to major in women's studies, African American studies, etc.

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:14 pm
by I85hokie
Sounds like a good idea. There's probably not enough Asians in STEM.

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:15 pm
by UpstateSCHokie
BigDave wrote:I assume they will be using the $1 million to get rid of the women's studies department?

If you want more women and minorities in STEM, then stop convincing women and minorities to major in women's studies, African American studies, etc.
Some local schools here have recently changed STEM to STEAM, where the "A" stands for Arts. So if this happens at VT, they could easily make the divisional studies programs (women's studies, gay studies, transgendered studies, black studies, etc.) to be part of it.

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:21 pm
by nolanvt
UpstateSCHokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:This is making the rounds this morning.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/v ... n-in-stem/
TSL recently ran its (now annual) poll asking its readers its opinion of Sands. He still gets high marks from most of their readers which is quite stunning to me. The guy is a divisive left wing ideologue trying to bring Berkeley values to Blacksburg.

Perhaps they are supportive of him because of the recently success of the football & bball teams, but most of that credit should go to Babcock, Fuente, & Williams.

EDT: I realize this grant has not much to do with Sands, but I just needed to rant a bit.
Who hired Babcock?


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Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:31 pm
by cwtcr hokie
nolanvt wrote:
UpstateSCHokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:This is making the rounds this morning.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/v ... n-in-stem/
TSL recently ran its (now annual) poll asking its readers its opinion of Sands. He still gets high marks from most of their readers which is quite stunning to me. The guy is a divisive left wing ideologue trying to bring Berkeley values to Blacksburg.

Perhaps they are supportive of him because of the recently success of the football & bball teams, but most of that credit should go to Babcock, Fuente, & Williams.

EDT: I realize this grant has not much to do with Sands, but I just needed to rant a bit.
Who hired Babcock?


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Even a blind squirell finds a nut now and then

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:51 pm
by USN_Hokie
UpstateSCHokie wrote:
BigDave wrote:I assume they will be using the $1 million to get rid of the women's studies department?

If you want more women and minorities in STEM, then stop convincing women and minorities to major in women's studies, African American studies, etc.
Some local schools here have recently changed STEM to STEAM, where the "A" stands for Arts. So if this happens at VT, they could easily make the divisional studies programs (women's studies, gay studies, transgendered studies, black studies, etc.) to be part of it.
Yeah, that's pretty disgusting and subverts the whole point of STEM.

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:55 pm
by UpstateSCHokie
nolanvt wrote:
UpstateSCHokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:This is making the rounds this morning.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/v ... n-in-stem/
TSL recently ran its (now annual) poll asking its readers its opinion of Sands. He still gets high marks from most of their readers which is quite stunning to me. The guy is a divisive left wing ideologue trying to bring Berkeley values to Blacksburg.

Perhaps they are supportive of him because of the recently success of the football & bball teams, but most of that credit should go to Babcock, Fuente, & Williams.

EDT: I realize this grant has not much to do with Sands, but I just needed to rant a bit.
Who hired Babcock?


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So one good hire means we have to like everything else he does? There's some logic for ya.

Re: VT awarded $1M To Boost Diversity And Inclusion In STEM

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:56 pm
by cwtcr hokie
USN_Hokie wrote:This is making the rounds this morning.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/06/15/v ... n-in-stem/
that $1m is coming from some tax dollars somewhere, great use of it, wonder how many people that would feed?