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		ethbr0 on Oct 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt... Private academic institutions (in the US-sense / not-government-funded) have no blanket obligation to separate from church, because they aren't the state.

JumpCrisscross on Oct 2, 2022 | [–]

> Private academic institutions

I assume at least some of this research is funded with public grants. That might be from where pressure can be exerted.

origin_path on Oct 2, 2022 | [–]

I wonder how private universities really are, given the reliance on government backed loan structures and NSF grants.

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