Organizations frequently publish public declarations of their support for diversity, equity, and inclusion. A new study ...

The Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder is committed to creating a collegial, mutually supportive, and inclusive culture. As outlined in the department’s Strategic Plan, ...

DEI statements, which outline job candidates’ experiences with and commitment to diverse student populations, have been relatively common in higher education in recent years. But conservative ...

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 ...

Recently, the VP of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) posted an essay arguing that the implementation of policies requiring applicants for faculty positions to submit Diversity Statements ...

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) ...

Ann Arbor — Diversity statements will no longer be used in University of Michigan faculty hiring, promotion and tenure, a controversial move some argue would remove "litmus tests" that restrict ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...