Financially strapped colleges merge departments, lose cancer researchers–but keep expanding their bloated diversitocracies (from John Leo with assists from Mike Adams and Heather Mac Donald). Sample:
UC Berkeley’s new vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, Gibor Basri, has 17 people working for him in his immediate office, including a “chief of staff,” two “project/policy analysts,” and a “director of special projects.” Says Mac Donald: “The funding propping up Basri’s vast office could support many an English or history professor. According to state databases, Basri’s base pay in 2009 was $194,000, which does not include a variety of possible add-ons, including summer salary and administrative stipends. By comparison, the official salary for assistant professors at UC starts at around $53,000 ….
Somebody could make an issue of this! If not Republicans, who? … [via Insta]