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| St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa. |
I first saw the three words together as a slogan, and higher education is full of those tidy packages of current thought.
This is a Spectator.org essay from the leader of the political science department at St. Vincent Collegte in Latrobe, PA. I never heard of the college either, but the description is similar to what happened at the LCMS college in Mequon, Wisconsin, a campus formerly Roman Catholic and offered at first to WELS, so I heard.
In an essay that was published on Feb. 14 in the Christian News Missouri, Dr. Gregory Schulz wrote the search criteria for a new university president include someone who exhibits a "demonstrated belief in and commitment to equity and inclusion and who promotes racialized diversity in all its myriad forms."
I paid little attention to the slogan because the cause appeared won some time ago. I attended an elementary school, Garfield (now a condo) in Moline, Illinois. The school was diverse because its neighborhood was, from welfare housing to a large Black section to the more affluent who worked for the farm equipment companies, namely John Deere.
In the last few years, the three-word combination has been used to baptize a new department (and staff) in as many schools of higher education as possible.
Augustana College in Rock Island has its own DIE office and the new president was already in charge of the same thing at a previous school - so qualified! The Augustana DIE page has a calendar, a DIE VP and student staff, reporting standards! and everything except theme cookies for sale. Say goodbye to original research and hello to Woke.
Trustees of Augustana
Denise Garrett, associate general counsel, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bettendorf, Iowa.
Dr. Ann Die Hasselmo, higher education consultant in executive search, Academic Search, Inc., Seabrook, Texas.
Doug Hultquist, co-founder (retired), QCR Holdings, Moline, Ill.
Christina Garrett Klein, pastor, Edgebrook Lutheran Church, Chicago.
Peter Simshauser, chief legal officer, Motional AD Inc., Boston.
