Americans already suspect that higher education is a politicized grift. And Jason Arday’s story won’t convince them otherwise.

Arday was celebrated as the youngest black person ever appointed to a professorship at Cambridge — despite a history of fabulism that defies belief. He’s claimed to have been nonverbal until age 11; unable to read until 18; to have run 600 miles in 65 days; raised more than $7 million for charity; survived a coma; and beaten cancer.

Neither Cambridge nor Simon & Schuster, publisher of his autobiography, apparently thought to verify his claims. He’s resigned after a plagiarism scandal and a pending investigation about his academic qualifications and honorary appointments.

Here’s the lesson: Rather than making academia more inclusive and equitable, DEI has exposed just how corrupt the whole enterprise has become.

Americans already suspect that higher education is a politicized grift. And Jason Arday&rsquo;s story won&rsquo;t convince them otherwise.
Arday was celebrated as the youngest black person ever appointed to a professorship at Cambridge &mdash; despite a history of fabulism that defies belief. He&rsquo;s claimed to have been nonverbal until age 11; unable to read until 18; to have run 600 miles in 65 days; raised more than $7 million for charity; survived a coma; and beaten cancer.
Neither Cambridge nor Simon &amp; Schuster, publisher of his autobiography, apparently thought to verify his claims. He&rsquo;s resigned after a plagiarism scandal and a pending investigation about his academic qualifications and honorary appointments.
Here&rsquo;s the lesson: Rather than making academia more inclusive and equitable, DEI has exposed just how corrupt the whole enterprise has become.

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Carol Platt Liebau: Corruption Exposed at Cambridge

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