Rutgers University professor says without DEI offices, there is ‘no ability to make meaningful progress'

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A Rutgers professor defended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices on college campuses on Thursday.

Harvard University held a panel featuring scholars and academics to discuss the role DEI bureaucracy plays on college campuses. 

"Four academics agreed it was important to protect diversity in higher education, but disagreed over whether universities’ diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives clash with academic freedom during a Thursday panel hosted by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics," according to Harvard Crimson.

Amna Khalid, a Carleton College history professor, began the debate by calling current DEI efforts "DEI, Inc.," a matter she said in which "diversity is a customer service issue, education is the product, and students are customers."

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"It’s underscored by the notion of harm and that students somehow need to be protected from harm, as if we entered our classrooms dying to harm our students," she went on to say.

Rutgers University law professor Stacy Hawkins pushed back.

A Rutgers professor defended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices on college campuses. Harvard University held a panel featuring scholars and academics to discuss the role DEI bureaucracy plays on college campuses. (Screenshot YouTube)

"But Hawkins pushed back against Khalid’s criticisms of DEI initiatives, saying it is contradictory to oppose the ‘operationalization and the professionalization of diversity’ while pursuing it as a goal," The