@nbcnews: NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard asks Education Secretary Linda McMahon about the letter she sent to #Harvard telling the university to focus on merit-based admissions, while also admitting more conservative students to provide "viewpoint diversity."
This administration only likes DEI when it’s to their advantage
2025-06-06 21:07:50
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KaterK :
So, the want DEI… for conservatives?
2025-06-06 23:51:06
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(Scary) Mary 🦇 :
They want their falsehoods to be given equal weight as facts and the truth, it's unacceptable.
2025-06-07 06:58:17
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ea25pa :
The conclusion of her policy is that conservative students lack the talent or aptitude to be accepted on their own merit.
2025-06-06 21:20:11
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notafan1824 :
Do they go after liberty university for having mostly conservative facility and students?
2025-06-06 21:39:07
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Cars :
Maybe a higher education leads to a more liberal view on life. isn’t forcing Harvard to hire conservative staff……. DEI?
2025-06-06 21:20:50
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Cochran Bugg Byron :
What is her educational history
2025-06-06 21:17:00
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Bella's MaMa :
These are private institutions. They do get in on merit. Also college applications do not ask for political affiliation.
2025-06-06 21:22:51
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cherylleksan :
The majority of faculty across this country lean liberal. That's because liberals tend to be more educated, have more exposure to diverse ideas and thinking
2025-06-08 16:20:56
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AppleheartTwo :
So the conservative students can't come in under her "merit" system.
2025-06-06 22:00:14
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Rae F :
Could somebody ask her whether Liberty University needs viewpoint diversity and admit a large number of liberal, LGBTQ, non Christian, atheist and Jewish students…
2025-06-07 00:07:33
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PhotoMomma :
Liberty University?? What is the balance of conservative and liberal?
2025-06-06 21:43:12
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RazeWithOdin :
can we bring A1 to our final exams?
2025-06-06 21:22:38
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kenneliaontiktok :
So you can’t recruit with DEI in mind, except when it relates to political ideology?
2025-06-06 21:39:36
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user5382760571266 :
So Harvard doesn’t have enough conservative but it’s ok that government is predominantly non-minority!
2025-06-07 02:49:48
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Mommakaren2♥️ :
Very hard to find a critical mass of highly educated people who are also conservative
2025-06-06 22:32:04
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robbylooney :
I feel as though Harvard not having a lot of conservative professors and students says more about people who are conservative than it does their admission/hiring process.
2025-06-06 21:27:07
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Chloe Thomson 🇦🇺 :
So they’re demanding they fire professors based on their political views?! And then hire an equal number of professors with conservative views? Not based on their merit or ability to teach? You can’t even defend this kind of hypocrisy.
2025-06-07 06:12:12
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Roger Belcher :
It’s ironic that she wasn’t hired on merit.
2025-06-07 06:27:35
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CJ :
what about BYU and Liberty University?
2025-06-06 22:46:28
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Ab :
I would like her to tell us the demographics of those who are admitted and don’t finish.
2025-06-06 21:26:05
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Kevin :
The Meritocracy Trap should be required reading for all citizens! People who espouse a merit based system conveniently forget, or willfully omit, the necessity for investment. The fact is, merit cannot be earned without investment, luck, and a bit of privilege!
2025-06-06 21:18:43
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Lynn :
Does she have a degree? Probably NOT! How sad to be the Secretary of Education and not knowing your qualifications.
2025-06-06 21:24:11
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Leave it to Leslie :
I wonder how people who went to Harvard feels when she says those people didn’t get in on merit?
2025-06-06 21:35:56
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Victoria Rose :
Liberty university probably only has 3% of liberal professors… is that not an issue for her?
2025-06-07 05:18:03
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