UC-Berkeley threatened with lawsuit for mandatory diversity statements in hiring | The College Fix

UC-Berkeley threatened with lawsuit for mandatory diversity statements in hiring | The College Fix

"...The six-page document analyzes the taxpayer-funded institution’s new focus on hiring job candidates based on “knowledge, past contributions, and/or future plans for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.” 

If candidates didn’t meet UC-Berkeley’s standards in this area, they weren’t hired.

...When applicants are required to submit a diversity statement on their own experience, university reviewers would likely be able to tell the applicants’ race and gender, “allowing those factors to be taken into account,” Ortner said...

...White males, who are supposed to be eliminated by this kind of search, were also significantly whittled away. In contrast, Hispanics and African Americans were considerably enriched, with the proportions on the final shortlist (interviewees) enriched by 4.5-fold and 3.25-fold respectively..."

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