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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by ethbr0 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:50AM (#33056332)
Private academic institutions (in the US-sense / not-government-funded) have no blanket obligation to separate from church, because they aren't the state.
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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:13AM (#33056587)
> Private academic institutions

I assume at least some of this research is funded with public grants. That might be from where pressure can be exerted.

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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by origin_path on Sunday October 02, 2022 @04:16PM (#33059770)
I wonder how private universities really are, given the reliance on government backed loan structures and NSF grants.
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