A national sickness!-----Proliferation of mandatory diversity statements continues unabated | The College Fix

Proliferation of mandatory diversity statements continues unabated | The College Fix 

• Applicants across the University of California system must now submit diversity, equity and inclusion statements as a matter of course.
• What’s more, studies show “as many as one in five faculty jobs across America require them. 
• And government agencies that fund scientific research are starting to make grants to labs conditional upon their diversity metrics and plans,” The Economist reported Saturday.

...Out of 894 applications, 680 candidates were eliminated without examining their research or other credentials but rather their DEI statements, the outlet reported....