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 ...

Of all the challenges facing higher education, the issue that is dominating the headlines is the so-called “threat” of diversity statements. Once considered a useful tool to help colleges and ...

The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will no longer consider diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions, the provost, Laurie K. McCauley, announced Thursday. The ...

The University of California (UC) has become the latest high-profile school to drop diversity statements from its hiring practices. On Wednesday, the university’s provost Katherine S. Newman sent out ...

D iversity statements, sometimes required and other times merely requested from faculty candidates in the hiring process, address diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the areas of teaching, ...

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 ...

To the editor: While I don’t dispute Duncan Hosie’s contention that requiring diversity statements in the University of California faculty hiring process can devolve into “ideological litmus tests — ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will no longer require prospective faculty to write a document explaining how they would enhance the university's commitment to diversity, equity and ...

The Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) said Monday it will no longer require diversity statements when hiring faculty. FAS, the school’s biggest faculty division, said that it has ...

Professor Patrick Lawrence argues legislation on the agenda for a House committee meeting Wednesday, March 19, 2025, violate First Amendment free speech rights. (Stock photo by Getty Images) ...