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Administrators of the University of California higher educational system on Wednesday eliminated an element of its hiring process that required job applicants to submit diversity statements, reported ...

This story was updated at 3:15 p.m. with additional reactions. The University of California will no longer require diversity statements for faculty applicants, university leaders announced. The change ...

The University of California system has wisely decided this month to end its requirement that faculty job applicants submit a “diversity statement.” While it’s a reasonable goal to expect a university ...

The University of Michigan announced it will no longer require applicants for faculty jobs, promotions and tenure to submit statements on their commitment to diversity. Provost Laurie McCauley made ...

In 2024, I was honored to deliver the Roscoe Pound Lecture at the University of Nebraska College of Law. The article based on that lecture is now in print, and until the Nebraska Law Review updates ...

The University of California will no longer allow diversity statements to be used for faculty hiring, the system announced this week – abandoning a controversial practice that UC spearheaded for over ...

Organizations frequently publish public declarations of their support for diversity, equity, and inclusion. A new study suggests that because these statements have become so common, they may be losing ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - People applying for faculty positions at University of Michigan no longer need to provide diversity statements. Provost Laurie McCauley made the decision after an eight-member faculty ...

It’s likely that most Californians have never heard of the Levering Act, passed by the California Legislature in 1950, but it symbolized the state’s political orientation in the post-World War II era.

D iversity statements have endured a rough few months. The statements, which generally ask people applying for faculty jobs or seeking promotion or tenure to describe how they can contribute to a ...