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The University of California will no longer require diversity statements in faculty hiring, provost Katherine Newman said ...

The University of California informed its system’s leaders in a letter that it will stop using diversity statements for ...

“UC can continue to effectively serve communities from a variety of life experiences, backgrounds, and points of view without requiring diversity statements.” In other words, these statements ...

To enforce that policy, UC began requiring applicants for faculty employment and promotion to submit “diversity statements.” At UC Davis, for instance, tenure-track faculty applicants were ...

“The requirement to submit a diversity statement may lead applicants to focus on an aspect of their candidacy that is outside their expertise or prior experience,” said Provost Katherine Newman in her ...

To enforce that policy, UC began requiring applicants for faculty employment and promotion to submit “diversity statements.” At UC Davis, for instance, tenure-track faculty applicants were told they ...