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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaedw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points * Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEl) stahement requirements for job applicants seeking univer- sry faculty posts seem increasingly common. P Proponents claim these requirements create a more inclusive academy. critics claim they amount to political correctness ioyalty Os 'et, unL' now, no one has conducted an empirici investigation of their prevalence or how these requirements vary acemic disciplines, geographic regions, type of tacuity position, and university prestige. * Prestigious universities are significantiy mOre likely to have DEl requirements than nonpresti- gious universities. Perhaps surprisingly; these statements are as prevalent in STEM feids as in the humanities and social sciences, onrc controls are accounted `or. * Reguiar facuty posts are more likely to require DE statements than aijunct and postdoc positions, Relative to other regions, jobs in the West are most likely to require DEI statements. Traditionally, American universities have prided them- selves on being nerirocratic institutions dedicated to the disinterested pursuit of academic excellence and the production and dissemination of new knowledge. But incasingly, universfries are not Hiring facu try based purely on the quality and promise of their schol- arship. Rather, more and more candidates for profes- sorships are also being screen ed on ther commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In 2018, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Heather Mac Donald drew attention, in a Los Angeles Times op-ed, to the decision at the University of Cal- ifornia, Los Angeles, (UCLA) to require statements from all faculty applicants documenting their con- tributions to DEL, which would be weighted with the rest of their application portfolio. Since Mac Don- ald's warning, e JUniversity of California (UC) sys- tem has likely become the leading university system embracing mandatory DEli statements from faculty applicants. As of zoi9, eight of ao UC campuses required these statements. A joint task force recommended that DEl requirements be standardized across the UC systems At the University of California, Berkeley, administra- tors published a sample Rubric for Assessing (Candi- date Contributions to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, which provides guidance for search con- mittees evaluating apnlicaits.3 Under this rubric, appli- cants are evaluated on a 1-; scale for knowledge of DEl, track record of DE1, and plans for advancing DEl And UCLA's decision noted that diversity statements were becoming more common nationally and that growth would continue. (For an example of how these state- ments look, see tile txample DEI Statement sidebar.) Anecdotal evidence suggests mandated diversity statements are indeed becoming routine.4 But there ii'

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