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State University Posts ‘Conservatives Need Not Apply’ Pledge For Potential Hires

The new hiring policy at the University of Cincinnati is straight out of a George Orwell novel. Since July 1, everyone from full professor to part-time custodian is now required to swear allegiance to the cult of inclusion and diversity.

If you want to apply to any hourly wage job on the UC campus, you will need to write a paragraph explaining “how your qualifications prepare you to work with faculty, staff and students from cultures and backgrounds different from your own.” If you would like to teach students or work as office staff, get ready to submit a “Diversity and Inclusion statement” describing your “contributions (or potential contributions) to diversity, inclusion and leadership.” In other words, show your track record of belonging to or promoting the pet interest groups of the Left.

But what if you don’t have a track record? What if you haven’t marched at pride, co-founded a Black Lives Matter chapter, or lobbied for trans men to use women’s bathrooms? Don’t panic: notice the word “potential.” All they really need to hear from you is that you want to do those things. Because if you don’t, then the university doesn’t want you. . . Read More

http://thefederalist.com/2016/08/17...ail&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-1442bd5642-83889421
I am assuming the job advertisements don't actually say "CNNA." Yet there is 'a way' to look at applying under the stated guidelines. For example, when I was a Major in the Army I had a very good Lieutenant who did his stint and was leaving the Army to pursue his masters in business. He was applying to the top MBA programs in the nation, one being Stanford. He applied with hundreds of others. He was conservative with libertarian leanings. When it came time for the interview, they asked the same questions to him as you posted above. His answer was "it seems you have a paucity of conservatives and libertarians at your institution. My greatest contribution to diversity and inclusion will be to provide a much needed balance to your program." They agreed and he attended that fall.
 
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I'm failing to see how 'diversity, inclusion, and leadership' makes one liberal and excludes conservatives. I glanced at the article only to discover it was click bait/mountain out of molehill stuff.
 
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I stopped taking the article seriously when it became obvious that the title contained a dishonest statement (aka a lie). The use of quotation marks implies that the University actually said "conservatives need not apply." Instead, we find out that that is an interpretation by the author of the article. If I can't trust the publication to tell the truth in the title, why believe anything it says?
 
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I took the quotation marks in the article title to reflect the one's in the University of Cincinnati's news article that was linked. Only the article linked here synopsized in its quotation marks what the UoC hiring policy is saying.
 
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30 years ago in an interview I was asked why I attended a Christian college and not the State University. I was also asked if I'd have a problem teaching sex ed (which wasn't taught at the grade level I was applying for) and would I have a problem teaching evolution.

You're actually not allowed by law to ask those types of questions because they were discriminatory. You have to ask each applicant the same questions. I didn't want to work there anyway. But I laugh about it because with my faith comes a high level of commitment and dedication. I work for God just as much as I work for the State.

During the interview, the asst Principal just sat there with her arms folded and stared at me.

I retire this year and I've been a good teacher. Ask others and they will tell you I'm a great teacher. ( a kindergartner told me I was the best art teacher he'd ever had!) I've had students tell me that I've actually changed their lives because of my influence on them. After 28 years, I have the kids of my kids!

I always do whatever the job requires. Even if it's "not in my job title." I always go beyond. I see it as my duty in Christ. I don't ask for more pay and I don't refuse to step up just because extra pay isn't involved. But the liberal teachers there? Some of them refuse to do anything if if it's not in the contract.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of liberals that go the extra mile too. My main point is you can't tell what's in the book just by the label on the outside.
 
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I stopped taking the article seriously when it became obvious that the title contained a dishonest statement (aka a lie). The use of quotation marks implies that the University actually said "conservatives need not apply." Instead, we find out that that is an interpretation by the author of the article. If I can't trust the publication to tell the truth in the title, why believe anything it says?
those aren't quotation marks
 
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This is the author of the piece. I thought that anyone who would like to insult her might like to look her in the eye.

Quotation marks are used for different purposes by different writers, and they are used in different ways in different countries.

Lea Z. Singh is the founder and editor of Culture Witness. When she was a child, her family escaped from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) and settled in Canada. She graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. Lea lives with her husband and three small children in Ottawa, Canada.​

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She looks like a nice lady. Nonetheless, if writes: "State University Posts ‘Conservatives Need Not Apply’ Pledge For Potential Hires" and the post that she's referring to does not include the words "Conservatives Need Not Apply", then she is making a dishonest statement. That's not an insult to her, but it is calling a lie a lie and sin sin, which is something that Conservatives generally support. The fact is that I've lied before (as I think most people have), and when I've done so, my credibility (or at least the credibility of what I was trying to say), was called into question, as it should have been.
 
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Why yes, yes, they are.

Generally 'xxx' suggests a quote within another quotation or title, while "xxx" refers to the broader quotation or title.

It's clear it wasn't a quote but the ' was used for emphasis. If they were actually quoting they would use quotes.
 
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It's clear it wasn't a quote but the ' was used for emphasis. If they were actually quoting they would use quotes.
Italics or bold are used for emphasis. Quotation marks (including single quotes) are used for quotations. I don't necessarily expect that everyone in CF will understand all these types of nuances of grammar and style. But, that is a fair expectation for writers.

You cannot logically and honestly conclude that the title was not meant to be deceptive. It clearly is intended to deceive the reader, as it is a click bait title. I know it's a common tactic, but it's still unethical.
 
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None of it matters,anyone hired will be fired as soon as they lock horns with liberalism.

This sounds like self-fulfilling prophesy. But, it rings hollow until you can point to a specific conservative who was fired from this university merelt for expressing Conservative views. I'm saying this as someone who tends to be more conservative than average, and who fears that overreactions set Christians and Conservatives up for more serious marginalization and/or persecution.
 
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Italics or bold are used for emphasis. Quotation marks (including single quotes) are used for quotations. I don't necessarily expect that everyone in CF will understand all these types of nuances of grammar and style. But, that is a fair expectation for writers.

You cannot logically and honestly conclude that the title was not meant to be deceptive. It clearly is intended to deceive the reader, as it is a click bait title. I know it's a common tactic, but it's still unethical.

That's how you see it so that's how you see it. I don't.
 
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