Knight and Rose Show #44: John Sailer: DEI in Higher Education

Welcome to episode 44 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and Desert Rose welcome John Sailer to the show, to discuss DEI in higher education. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would appreciate it if you left us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Christian apologists Wintery Knight and Desert Rose discuss apologetics, policy, culture, relationships, and more. Each episode equips you with evidence you can use to boldly engage anyone, anywhere. We train our listeners to become Christian secret agents. Action and adventure guaranteed. 30-45 minutes per episode. New episode every week.

Episode 44:

Episode Summary:

Wintery Knight and Desert Rose interview John Sailer of the National Association of Scholars about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) policies in higher education. We discussed DEI in faculty hiring, referencing guidelines (“rubrics”) from major universities. We discussed DEI in research grant applications. We discussed John’s victories so far, and how this battle affects ordinary Americans.

Speaker biographies

Wintery Knight is a black legal immigrant. He is a senior software engineer by day, and an amateur Christian apologist by night. He has been blogging at winteryknight.com since January of 2009, covering news, policy and Christian worldview issues.

Desert Rose did her undergraduate degree in public policy, and then worked for a conservative Washington lobbyist organization. She also has a graduate degree from a prestigious evangelical seminary. She is active in Christian apologetics as a speaker, author, and teacher.

John Sailer is Senior Fellow and Director of University Policy at the National Association of Scholars. He graduated from The King’s College with a bachelor’s in politics, philosophy, and economics, and from Columbia University Teachers College with a master’s in philosophy and education. Prior to joining the team at NAS, John worked as a teacher. John’s Twitter / X account is @JohnDSailer.

References:

National Association of Scholars

Inside Ohio State’s DEI Factory (Wall Street Journal – 11/20/23)

How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science (Wall Street Journal – 2/6/23)

How the NIH Pushes DEI on Scientists (Wall Street Journal – 3/1/23)

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