School backs down, prof who refused diversity training still employed

Poelvoorde refused to take the mandatory training because the materials were “pernicious, an assault to the dignity and intelligence of the professoriate, in fact, an insult to anyone’s intelligence and dignity.”

“The industry that produces these materials is a fraud, and no serious studies indicate the efficacy or worth of such training. Enforced or otherwise, these materials have made the world we live in worse, for they substitute indoctrination and cartoonish 'training' for genuine education and thoughtfulness,” Poelvoorde said in a recent interview with Campus Reform.

Poelvoorde said that he actually offered to take the training “if the College would reverse the mandate and apologize to the faculty for its imposition,” but that Newkirk did not accept this offer.

When asked how he believes Converse College should have responded to the death of George Floyd, Poelvoorde said that he was “not certain that [his] college, or any institution of higher learning, was obligated to respond.”

Dude doesn't even have tenure, just cajones.