SunrayAg said:
DEI is cancer brought upon our society by mentally ill leftards.
He endorses and advocates for DEI.
Draw from that what you will.
I know what he said about the hire...but as far as DEI, I felt he did a great job taking down those things put in place prior and relating to DEI. The offices, job postings, trainings, etc. are all defunct now. Granted, the state requires this, but from what I can see at the university, he's not promoted anything remotely like what was at a time.
That doesn't mean he's not going to hire people on the left (or perceived that way) if they add value to the university.
And I did get on the receiving in of DEI years ago when I was competing for position that went to a diversity applicant (and was ultimately told as much). So I'm no fan. But things have gotten incrementally better and I've not seen anything from Welsh to indicate otherwise.
I think he's an honorable man and I'm willing to give him time before I make any knee jerk opinions.