Hubert Rampersad, P.h.D.
“Something is wrong with American higher education; it’s going in the wrong direction. Indoctrination, corrupt DEI policies, antisemitism, corruption, politics, faculty bias, mismanagement, plagiarism, and fake science publishing plague American universities. These issues hinder progress and innovation and endanger lives. The Hamas war has shed light on the values of American universities. It has highlighted a significant failure at the core of American higher education, where the conduct of the faculty and management of these institutions poses an existential threat to America. They need to re-evaluate their values and practices.”–Hubert Rampersad.
“American colleges and universities need to reconsider their corrupt DEI policies, ensuring they are fair, transparent, and effective. While it’s important to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership hiring processes, it’s equally crucial to ensure that the most qualified individuals are selected based on their expertise and capabilities. Simply hiring leaders in response to the Black Lives Matter and gender movement may not guarantee the desired outcomes and could potentially compromise the quality of higher education leadership. To address these concerns, school leaders need to move beyond diversity, equity, inclusion, gender, and race theater, and instead focus on implementing sustainable DEI initiatives. Rebuilding trust in our school leaders requires a reconnection with authenticity, humility, and integrity. By fostering empathy and promoting inner alignment, leaders can create an ethical and sustainable culture of ECO-DEI within American higher education institutions. This shift in focus will not only strengthen the educational environment but also ensure that DEI efforts are embedded in the core values and practices of American colleges and universities, benefiting all members of the community.” –-Hubert Rampersad
UPenn president Liz Magill and Board Chair Scott Bok resigned after a disastrous hearing on antisemitism, in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. This war has brought
to light the values of UPenn. Read also my article “How Collective Stupidity at Prominent American Universities Fuels Terrorist-Sympathizing Antisemitism”. It highlights the mismanagement of this school and its poor DEI policies. Simply hiring school leaders in response to the gender movements could compromise the quality of higher education, read “Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies at American Colleges and Universities Suck”.
But there is more wrong at the University of Pennsylvania that is slowing progress, killing innovation, and endangering lives.
Katalin Kariko, a Nobel Prize winner, was not on the tenure track and was told by a University of Pennsylvania official that she was not of faculty quality. Universities tend to prioritize grants or research dollars professors bring in to do their work, as well as the quantity and quality of peer-reviewed publications in top journals in their field. Any system that repeatedly snubs someone with the talent to win a Nobel Prize probably deserves scrutiny. The tenure system, especially in the sciences at large research universities, isn’t set up to reward maverick thinkers whose ideas might seem extreme, yet those are the people who may go on to win a Nobel Prize. Universities tend to focus only on how much a researcher publishes, or how widely covered by the media their work is, rather than how innovative the research is, read “Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó was ‘demoted 4 times’ at her old university job“. Albert Einstein didn’t publish that many papers, but in this day and age publication volume and being a famous speaker are king. Karikó says her interest in mRNA was often dismissed. She experienced a lot of politics, bias, distraction, rejection, and discrimination at the University of Pennsylvania, read also “Penn’s Nobel Prize winner wasn’t on the tenure track. How can the system better support talent?”. Without her, the BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccine would not have been invented. The University of Pennsylvania was sabotaging this. Read also “American Higher Education in Crisis”.
Important advice to the leadership of American colleges and universities
Restore the Higher Purpose of of your school. Read “How to Restore the Higher Purpose of American Higher Education: Creating a Purpose-Driven University with Good Character of School Leaders, Faculty, and Students”
Change the institution sustainably, by “Fostering a Culture of Ethics on Campus, Academic Integrity, and Sustainable Good Governance”.
Replace current corrupt diversity, equity, and inclusion policies with ECO-DEI. This will prevent hiring left-brain antisemitic racial faculty and faculty bias; Emphasize authentic sustainability initiatives; Re-evaluate your curriculum to ensure that it is sustainable in the long run; Get rid of faculty members who exhibit left-brain and antisemitic racial tendencies with those who possess ethical expertise in personal disruptive innovation, ethics, constitutionalism, civic virtue, family life, religious freedom, and American principles; Prioritize creativity over knowledge; Empower the educational experience with the help of AI; Introduce students to the Personal Disruptive Innovation system, which will help them (re)design their lives, unlock their creative potential, foster a growth mindset, and achieve success in their personal and professional endeavors. This will help them prevent emotional distress, unleash their creative potential, meet social needs, and foster sustainability; Embedding Personal Disruptive Innovation in the curriculum is essential to enable left-brain students to develop their ethical skills, and emotional intelligence, and become ethical critical thinkers; Redesigning academic departments will also be beneficial; Instead of focusing on the number of publications and famous speakers, it’s better to concentrate on innovative research. Read also “How to Measure and Fix DEI at Universities and Colleges”.
Hubert Rampersad, Ph.D.
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Hubert Rampersad, Ph.D., is a visionary leader in innovative solutions for genuine sustainability, disruptive design innovation, critical thinking in the age of AI, authentic personal branding, and entrepreneurial leadership. He holds a Ph.D. in Innovation Sciences, an MSc in Technology Engineering & Robotics, and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from leading accredited universities in the Netherlands/Europe (Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology). He is a well-known futurist, advocating for genuine sustainability on a global scale. With extensive knowledge and expertise, he has authored 25 books on the topics above in many languages and is highly regarded for his insights in these fields. One of his books, “Total Performance Scorecard,” has been published in 20 languages. Dorothy Leonard, an innovation professor at Harvard Business School, wrote the book’s foreword. Rampersad has also previously served as a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan and was featured in BusinessWeek. He was a design innovation coach at ASML (the Most Important Tech Company in the World).
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