Understand, the authors caution, that universities define cultural diversity strictly as representation by members of historically disadvantaged groups. No, in fact, pluralistic beliefs are something this new brand of college administrator is trying to stamp out. For this statement, she was investigated by the university and barred from teaching classes in the education department for months. Although eventually cleared, she has been chilled out of speaking honestly on education issues. But hot button speech and classroom discussions are not the only risky behaviors on college campuses these days.
Scholarship also has to pass the PC test.
Professor Linda Gottfredson, a psychological and sociological researcher at the University of Delaware whose specialty is intelligence, aptitude testing and the uses of testing in employment, found out that her research was not acceptable to the university's ideological police. Because of its distaste for her studies and funding source, the university barred Gottfredson from receiving support from the Pioneer Fund, a foundation that gave money to this sort of inquiry. It took a protracted battle before the university's decision was overturned by an arbitrator. Like those Cornell students, today's college administrators are shouting down unpopular speakers. Now, however, they don't use their voices but quietly silence the opposition with oppressive rules, codes and hiring criteria.