I've noticed this year that the number of job applications explicitly demanding diversity statements has decreased somewhat. I expect this is due to the pushback the practice has been receiving.
However, experience suggests that all that has happened is that it has gone underground. The ideologues simply expect your teaching statement, an…
I've noticed this year that the number of job applications explicitly demanding diversity statements has decreased somewhat. I expect this is due to the pushback the practice has been receiving.
However, experience suggests that all that has happened is that it has gone underground. The ideologues simply expect your teaching statement, and possibly cover letter, to include the ritual affirmations of faith that would have gone into the diversity statement. If the teaching statement only mentions teaching, you're done.
Meanwhile, I'm hearing from younger friends that graduate schools at other institutions are starting to demand diversity statements.
I've noticed this year that the number of job applications explicitly demanding diversity statements has decreased somewhat. I expect this is due to the pushback the practice has been receiving.
However, experience suggests that all that has happened is that it has gone underground. The ideologues simply expect your teaching statement, and possibly cover letter, to include the ritual affirmations of faith that would have gone into the diversity statement. If the teaching statement only mentions teaching, you're done.
Meanwhile, I'm hearing from younger friends that graduate schools at other institutions are starting to demand diversity statements.