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Colleges are attempting to find ways to save their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as Republican-led states advance efforts to shut down the programs. Multiple red states have introduced or passed legislation targeting certain aspects of DEI in universities, from mandatory diversity statements to entire offices, causing confusion and fear for faculty and staff. …

The University of Houston has banned diversity, equity, and inclusion statements in hiring, becoming the latest public university in Texas to follow a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) that prohibited such statements.

An effective diversity statement can make the difference between admission and rejection, so give it care and thought. Here are 5 tips for your MBA application

All across the Academy, schools are requiring “Diversity Statements” as a condition for new hires. Everyone has to submit a statement explaining how they are going to contribute to “diversity”. What you’re supposed to do in these, and what everyone damn well knows you’re supposed to do, is (i) talk about your race, gender, and other “identity group” traits that it would be illegal for the university to explicitly ask you about, and (ii) talk about your activism on behalf of left-...

And describe their past, present and future contribution to equity, diversity, inclusion. now these are almost nationwide, and u.c. davis inspiring diversity statements, nyu, experience in inclusion and diversity. >> call it political, activist commitment, for me, we want our students to have the best experience, feel valued by the professor, we want professors to reflect on who they are engaging with when they come to the classroom. >> professor bosa coaches applicants to focus their statements...

>> a perfect marriage. i want to talk about your movie and i want to bring up something that i read about today at the university of california with no safe spaces, and this is a professor at university of california who said she was pushing back against the idea that math professors should be judged on the background that they have in increasing diversity where they have worked in the past as a criteria for becoming a mass professor at the university. they have use these diversity statements to...