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I guess this is a question for anyone on The Motte familiar with such things. What is the current state of university reform? Are any universities in the western world simultaneously non-woke and somewhat respected? BYU maybe? I know there are various micro "based" colleges like New Saint Andrews but my impression is these are tremendously expensive for a completely disrespected degree. Are there even any of these types that aren't explicitly religious?
I don't know about "based" in the sense users here use the term, but there are some notoriously conservative/un-woke schools out there. UNC, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Stanford, St Johns, Claremont McKenna, all come to mind.
UNC is not un-woke, lol.
University of North Carolina?
UNC is pretty woke, they were one of the colleges that got sue for DEI-flavored affirmative action along with Harvard.
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/students-for-fair-admissions-inc-v-university-of-north-carolina/
I don't think that Certiorari proves as much as you think.
SFFA argues that UNC is discriminating against SouthEast Asians by privileging minorities born within the state over minorities born outside the state (not many SE-Asians in NC). I feel thats a bit different in kind, and the court seems to have agreed by splitting the case, and ultimately ruling against Harvard but in favor of UNC.
I'm not sure what you read but the court ruled against UNC. They found they were discriminating against people in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
There's not many SE-Asians in NC but there are a ton in the Triangle: Chapel Hill (Location of UNC)-Raleigh-Durham. I live here and the area is a medium sized tech hub with the associated demographics that one would expect in a tech hub.
I'm not sure why you think UNC was conservative to begin with except that it's a flagship school in the south. Yes, it has a ton of Preppy Southerners but having met them, most are pretty much Neo-libs, and at least superficially onboard with wokeness.
I read it in the same blog you just linked, The US Supreme Court seperated the cases and remanded the UNC portion of the case back to the lower courts.
Thats why despite the aricle being titled Students for Fair Admissions vs North Carolina, the title of the actual decision featured in the link reads "STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE".
Interesting, well here's an a bunch of posts that seems to say the decision was as I said it was. I don't particularly care if they separated it or not, feels like semantics. The reality is that UNC attempted to discriminate against Asians and White people on the basis of race and was found to have done so in violation of the 14th amendment. Aka being woke.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/21-707 https://abc11.com/unc-admissions-supreme-court-affirmative-action-ruling-scotus/13440517/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/politics/supreme-court-admissions-affirmative-action-harvard-unc.html https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-programs-in-college-admissions/
Also this link does not contain the actual case you said it does. I'm pretty sure you are trolling at this point.
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