State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices

"An accompanying spreadsheet ... uses a color-coded system to evaluate 75 universities on a four-point scale, with institutions showing “clear DEI hiring policy” marked in red for suspension and those with “merit-based hiring with no evidence of DEI” marked in green to maintain partnerships."

Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That “Advocate” Certain Ideologies Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester systemwide course revie...

The attack on academic freedom continues.

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"...Nave’s A Drive to Survive has two main goals... to show that the free-energy principle cannot constitute an adequate theoretical foundation for understanding the nature and dynamics of living systems ..[and] that a bioenactivist approach fares better ... in affording such a foundation."

Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei