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Kansas State University is removing the word 'diversity' from its mission statement

K-State leaders say they are requesting the change to comply with a new Kansas law that requires state agencies to eliminate any policies or programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Reason

Diversity Statements and the First Amendment

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 ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Penn schools scrubbed their DEI websites. Here’s what’s left.

Penn’s four undergraduate and 12 graduate schools have scrubbed references to diversity, equity, and inclusion from their respective webpages over the past two weeks. On Jan. 20, President and 1968 ...
The Monterey County Herald

University of California bans use of diversity statements in hiring

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

As Trump attacks DEI, UC bans ‘diversity statements’ in faculty hiring

UC will ban campuses from requiring faculty job applicants to submit “diversity statements,” as DEI programs are under fire by the Trump administration. The statements were short essays in which ...
Miami University

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Other Concepts

Ohio Revised Code 3345.0217 requires each public university in Ohio to adopt a policy on diversity, equity and inclusion and other concepts that is consistent with and adheres to the principles set ...
National Review

University of California Eliminating Diversity Statements in Hiring

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Los Angeles Times

Why liberals should celebrate the end of diversity statements at UC

Amid the Trump administration’s assault on higher education and academic freedom — shaking down institutions like Columbia, targeting pro-Palestinian scholars and students for deportation and ...
Orange County Register

UC abandons its ‘diversity statement’ requirement for faculty

It’s likely that most Californians have never heard of the Levering Act, passed by the California Legislature in 1950, but it symbolized the state’s political orientation in the post-World War II era.
The New York Times

University of California Will Stop Requiring Diversity Statements in Hiring

The statements had risen in popularity as colleges sought to improve campus culture, but they drew criticism from conservatives who argued they were a political test. By Vimal Patel The University of ...
The Daily Californian

Amid federal scrutiny, UC quietly dismantled a decade-old DEI hiring initiative

The University of California banned the use of diversity statements in hiring in a controversial decision made unilaterally by the UC Board of Regents last month. While the letter does not mention the ...