Extortion? Co-optation? Wise advancement of a humane and decent agenda? You decide.
[Yale President} Salovey directly responded to most of the demands and met the students’ deadline of November 18, though notably omitted their demand to remove Nicholas and Erika Christakis, the faculty members whose emails about Halloween costumes angered much of the New Haven campus.
Salovey did, however, announce the formation of a multidisciplinary center. The university will hire four new faculty members to address the “histories, lives, and cultures of unrepresented and under-represented communities,” he said.
“Recent events across the country have made clear that now is the time to develop such a transformative, multidisciplinary center drawing on expertise from across Yale’s schools; it will be launched this year and will have significant resources for both programming and staff,” Salovey said in a statement. “Over time, this center will position Yale to stand at the forefront of research and teaching in these intellectually ambitious and important fields.”
Now, don't fall asleep here. Watch who gets control of these significant resources. Gramsci triumphs.