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Author Archives: Luke Ford
What Did Michigan Get for $250 Million? Nine Years, $250 Million, and Flat Black Enrollment at the University of Michigan
In March 2025, University of Michigan President Santa Ono announced the closure of the central Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, ending the DEI 2.0 strategic plan and redistributing student-facing services into … Continue reading
The UC California Diversity Industry
In 1996 California voters passed Proposition 209, amending the state constitution to prohibit public institutions from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to individuals based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting. The … Continue reading
Implicit Bias Training
The implicit bias training industry has a problem it cannot easily discuss. The training does not work. This is not a controversial claim among researchers who study the question without a stake in the answer. Patricia Devine’s original implicit bias … Continue reading
The HR Trade Assocations
The Society for Human Resource Management has more than 340,000 members. It issues the SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certifications that have become standard credentials for HR professionals across American corporate life. It runs an annual conference drawing tens of thousands of … Continue reading
The Litigation-Resistance Audit
The memo arrived on March 24, 2026. Subject line: Transition to a Litigation-Resistant Performance Framework. It went to the Chief Executive Officer. It came from Strategic Advisory. It was, in every visible respect, a serious document. The first paragraph explained … Continue reading
Nobody in the $100 billion DEI industry says they are fighting for power
They say they are defending equity, advancing inclusion, dismantling oppression, and guiding organizations through demographic transformation. That language is not decoration. It is how authority is built and defended. David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory provides the framework. Moral vocabularies are coalition … Continue reading
The Four Types Of DEI Actors
The Jurisdictional Wars framework suggests that four archetypes in the industry—the Fully Committed, the Conflicted Insider, the Cultural Participant, and the Mercenary—will react to the current legal and political climate based on how it affects their status and the “hero … Continue reading
Decoding The $100 Billion DEI Industry
The University of Michigan employs more than 240 full-time staff dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion work, at an annual payroll cost of roughly $30 million. Ohio State doubled its DEI staff from 88 to 189 between 2018 and 2023, … Continue reading
Class Analysis Without Permission
In 2019, the University of Michigan employed a larger number of diversity, equity, and inclusion staff than it employed faculty in its history department. This is not unusual. It is illustrative. Across American higher education, administrative positions tied to compliance, … Continue reading
I’m like the guy who reads Playboy for the articles
Even though I do not share the worldview of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Apple News Plus, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, I subscribe for the articles. I don’t pay for the comfort of … Continue reading