Texas Scorecard by Emily Wilkerson February 23, 2023
After spending millions of dollars on diversity officers and programming, students at Texas A&M don’t feel like they belong on campus.With much debate regarding the hiring of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion personnel on university campuses, a new study reveals that Texas A&M’s practices have resulted in more students feeling like they don’t belong.
Scott Yenor, a professor of political science at Boise State University and a fellow at the Claremont Institute, showcased in a recent article that after years of the university implementing DEI programs, the majority of students don’t feel like they belong on campus.
During the 2010s, Texas A&M began to implement measures to create a more “inclusive” campus, implementing programs like ADVANCE, which addresses the focused goal of having more women in the science and engineering workforce. Over the years, the program’s focus has shifted from involving women to gender identity and racial inequity.
The university also implemented its 2010 diversity plan, which would become the cornerstone for all of A&M’s ongoing promotion of DEI.
But despite the university’s efforts to create a more inclusive environment, the campus climate in 2020 was worse than that of 2015 (according to the university’s own audits to measure whether students’ sense of belonging).
More:
https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-am-students-say-they-dont-feel-like-they-belong-on-campus/
