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Showing Original Post only (View all)Republicans demanding affirmative action for hiring more republican professors [View all]
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/20/1635991/-Iowa-legislature-introduces-bill-to-require-university-faculty-applicants-to-state-party-affiliationThe legislation proposes that a person shall not be hired as a professor or instructor member of the faculty at such an institution if the persons political party affiliation on the date of hire would cause the percentage of faculty belonging to one political party to exceed by ten percent the percentage of faculty belonging to the other political party.
The Secretary of States office would be directed to provide voter registration lists to the colleges so that new job applicants party affiliation could be checked before the hiring process gets underway. Graciously, Chelgren allows for people registered as No Party to slip through the process without facing the litmus test.
The obvious impact and purpose of this bill would be to ban Democrats from getting hired anymore at Iowa colleges. If you took a survey right now, its highly likely that Iowa professors are registered as Democrats at a much higher rate than Republican. So any new hires would be strictly limited to Republican or No Party voters.
Aside from the obvious plan, what about Third Parties? According to this legislation, every single political party would have a right to have a professor of theirs hired. If we just take the 4 parties who made headlines in the last national election, that means that each party gets 25% +/- 5% of the hires.
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Republicans demanding affirmative action for hiring more republican professors [View all]
DetlefK
Feb 2017
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If the college/university were hiring a music or art history professor, what difference would
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2017
#1
I can see this being challenged in court and the state losing as party is 100% a choice but you dont
cstanleytech
Feb 2017
#2
iowa and I-state already support 5 limbaugh/trump radio stations - what more do they want?
certainot
Feb 2017
#35
They deride us for demanding to be treated like "special snowflakes" (we don't)
Proud Liberal Dem
Feb 2017
#37
Good grief, what respectable institution of higher learning would want one of those?
Augiedog
Feb 2017
#16
Oh, good. Just what higher education needs - people who don't believe in science.
Vinca
Feb 2017
#18
Republicons think emotions (political affiliation) trump facts. It's statistically common among Rs.
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#22
I suppose they'll want quotas for right wingers, alt righters, redneck racists, urban racists,
Nitram
Feb 2017
#24
You mean the millions that the Koch's and other Right wind funders give to universities to set
Trust Buster
Feb 2017
#26
This is stupid. It's a protest gesture. It's equivalent to that guy who an ANTI-GAY cake message.
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#32