Officials at Penn State can’t say what ‘equity promotion’ means on the school’s budget Addison Smith
December 20, 2019
The budget for Pennsylvania State University’s 2019-2020 academic year includes funds devoted to “equity promotion,†but it’s not clear that university officials know what that even means.
According to its website, the total operating budget for the school this year allocates $2,056,000 toward “market, equity & faculty promotions.†The budget does not explain what an “equity promotion†is, and numerous campus officials in several divisions struggled to define it when asked by The College Fix. ...
“The majority of that is faculty promotion,†the employee said. When asked specifically about “equity promotion,†however, the official implied it helps to ensure that male and female employees receive equal payment for the same job. ...
“Equity consultants,†according to the school’s website, perform numerous roles at the school, including “providing research and benchmarking support for diversity, equity, and inclusion work at Penn State; and assisting colleagues in operationalizing strategic goals and evaluating policy and programmatic impact in support of the University’s ‘Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.’ †...
Full story at The College FixSo glad my younger niece is being indoctrinated at PSU on a daily basis.
