"The 16th president of the University of Michigan must address the erosion of democratic practices at our institution, which has caused many faculty and staff to distrust university administration."
"The 16th president of the University of Michigan must address the erosion of democratic practices at our institution, which has caused many faculty and staff to distrust university administration." @rebekahmodrak.bsky.social
"...ultimately, this isn’t just about legal compliance or institutional risk. It’s about whether the stories we tell about fairness will include all of us—or only those already at the center."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
"As previously honored norms of shared governance are eroding, university leaders increasingly refuse to even talk to faculty anymore, preferring to govern by decree, by badly written email, and, now, by op-ed."
www.chronicle.com/article/sant...
Wouldn't stand up to Trump, with this kind of leverage?!? Just dismantled the DEI legacy of U-M and left for Florida.
news.ufl.edu/2025/05/anno...
Looking forward to discussing research on "merit vs privilege" with the folks at @umichstonecid.bsky.social tomorrow!
"As a proudly public institution, that means extending opportunity to people of all backgrounds and opening our understanding to their lived experiences."
Now, THIS is a real Michigan answer.
Respect, Sparty. "... Michigan State will never abandon our core values...Michigan State operates within all state and federal laws prohibiting race-based discrimination and preferences..." president.msu.edu/communicatio...
"Thinking"?
Submissions to the 2nd Equitable Opportunity Conference are due on March 1st. To be held at MIT Sloan on June 6-7, 2025.
Long overdue, my WaPo subscription is cancelled. Missing DC, the local content appealed but I won't support this self-serving clown any longer. Now to replacing Amazon Prime... www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
Insightful analysis & reminder that many oppose structural racism + support equity/fairness/justice despite resistance to labels DEI, CRT or ESG. Can't give up on identifying common ground. #EquityAnalytics
Seems to me that "picking your fights" is doing it wrong. Fights like these pick us.
2nd Equitable Opportunity Conference
June 6-7, 2025
MIT Sloan School of Management
How organizations shape socioeconomic opportunities in ways that align with prevailing notions of fairness & justice – of equity – and in light of evolving regulations.
Submit by March 1st.
tinyurl.com/2nd-EOC
Cyrus Mehri speaks to a classroom full of MBA students enrolled in the Equity Analytics course at Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Big thanks to Cyrus Mehri for speaking to #EquityAnalytics students at Michigan's Ross School of Business!
Cyrus always inspires, sharing his #RooneyRule experiences and his advocacy for civil rights and equitable opportunities.
#DEI #FritzPollard #WorkingIDEAL #MehriSkalet #EquitableOpportunity
Ukrainian business leaders shift their views on #CSR from “Should we do something?” to “What could we do?”
Read how *responsibility* -not necessity-has been the mother of invention in #Ukraine.
#NoPaywall
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-...
Our new Substack post presents four forthcoming papers and includes a detailed report on the Org Science Dissertation Competition Finals by organizer Rebecca Ponce de Leon of Columbia. Congratulations to winner @susiechoe.bsky.social of Michigan and runner-up Nick Otis of Berkeley!
“What sociologists do is they act as detectives of the social world.” (Raka Ray).
Great video on why to study sociology at UC Berkeley. Go Bears!
news.berkeley.edu/2024/10/23/s...
Great discussion of #DEI + #EquityAnalytics of the #NFL on this @freakonomics.bsky.social podcast!
"...organizations that are giving up on equity because it’s hard to define are missing the point... "
freakonomics.com/podcast/did-...
Great discussion of #DEI + #EquityAnalytics of the #NFL on this @Freakonomics podcast!
"...organizations that are giving up on equity because it’s hard to define are missing the point... "
freakonomics.com/podcast/did-the-n-f-l-so...
Researching how, when & for whom entrepreneurship leads to upward, downward, or lateral social mobility across space and time?
Submit a proposal to our 2025 EGOS sub-theme in Athens, Greece (w/Ha Hoang of ESSEC & Olenka Kacperczyk of LBS).
tinyurl.com/EGOS2025-ST17
Researching how, when & for whom entrepreneurship leads to upward, downward, or lateral social mobility across space and time?
Submit a proposal to our 2025 EGOS sub-theme in Athens, Greece (w/Ha Hoang & @OleniaOlenka )....
Interested in DEI? Racial disparities in sports? Check out Part 1 of @Freakonomics podcast, featuring the always insightful Jeremi Duru -- who literally wrote the book on the #NFL's Rooney Rule. #EquityAnalytics
freakonomics.com/podcast/did-...
Interested in DEI? Racial disparities in sports? Check out Part 1 of @Freakonomics podcast, featuring the always insightful @njeremiduru -- who literally wrote the book on the #NFL's Rooney Rule....
This post presents four photos of the program for the upcoming Equitable Opportunity Conference to be held at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on June 6-7, 2024.
Very excited to share the program for the inaugural *Equitable Opportunity Conference* at Michigan's Ross School of Business. Such a great group into equity-focused research on organizations! (A few spaces are available for attendees -- email me).
www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/...
