If you were looking for a university to identify as committed to woke ideology you would have quite a few to choose from. But there’s no doubt that the University of Michigan has really tried to put itself at the forefront of this shift. The school has spent more than any other on DEI administrators and programs ($250 million at least) and has more than 500 staffers dedicated to DEI.
UM has also been at the forefront of mandatory diversity statements, a way for schools to ensure that only the most left-wing candidates are considered for jobs. UM has been using these statements to single out the right identities since at least 2016:
Launched in 2016, the Collegiate Fellows Program employs a clever administrative maneuver to pack the faculty. Rather than recruiting professors through a normal competitive search process, the program hires postdoctoral fellows,…
