The Martin Center has been running a series of articles about higher education reforms in states where reforms have a chance (i.e., where the left doesn’t block any change that might diminish its control).
Today, Michael McShane looks at developments in Missouri.
He sees some good moves.
First, Governor Kehoe issued an executive order abolishing DEI offices through the state’s higher education system. As usual, the problem is the “bitter clingers” in the system who won’t stop their propagandizing. McShane writes, “It is challenging for a state legislator or governor to have the kind of granular knowledge to understand what administrators are doing with their time. Missouri’s efforts illustrate the whac-a-mole game that is eliminating DEI in modern universities. It is challenging for a state legislator or governor to have the kind of granular knowledge to understand exactly what administrators are doing with their time. The person who was once a director of a DEI center can move into a role as director of student well-being or some such and keep on doing exactly what she did before.”
Missouri has also made some other useful reforms. McShane looks at two bills passed in the legislature and states, “Both of these measures create more support for students looking to spend less time in traditional educational environments. The community-college core curriculum means that many students might need to spend only two years at a four-year institution. The career-and-technical-education (CTE) support means that some students might not even need to attend a community college to get postsecondary education.”
Good work in Missouri!