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0 pointsethbr02y ago0 comments

Agreed. It's a bit ridiculous to pull a qualifications list from a college that's declared purpose since before 1900 has been mass education, irrespective of sex, race, religion, or ethnic background.

If parent wants to make the point I think they're trying to make: pull a collection of * Institutes of Technology's hiring policies.

Using Hunter College/CUNY is like pointing to Kentucky Fried Chicken as an example of how restaurants are serving too much fried food.

Maybe. But the mission is advertised -- if you choose to walk through that particular door, what you get shouldn't be a surprise.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_College

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anotherhue2y ago

I didn't actually know that, thank you for highlighting it.

ethbr0OP2y ago

Neither did I! Not my part of the country.

And I am sympathetic to your point -- there's a lot of excesses and not-functionally-relevant requirements in academia these days.

But NYC has a lengthy and altruistic history of charity/nonprofit educational institutions for those who have been denied access at one time or another, and this just happened to be an example of that.

I would be fascinated to get a meta analysis of tech school faculty requirements, 1940 - 2023, though. Honestly can't guess if they've drifted or not.

zmgsabst2y ago

Sounds tragic.

They went from promoting equality for a hundred years to promoting fashionable anti-Asian racism and misandry.

I hope they find their way again.

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