Candidates must be able to teach science effectively and support “anti-racism.”
Minnesota State University-Mankato science professor candidates really be committed to “diversity, capital, and addition” and have a record of using” an equity glass” in their career, according to a job opening.
The current job posting requires information on degrees, grades, a” statement of teaching philosophy”, and “brief diversity statement”, among other requests.
The applicant’s “views and actions toward advancing DEI, including dimensions of social justice and racial equity related to race, gender, ability, and culture,” should be explained in the one-page statement.
” How would your views and prior actions regarding diversity, equity and inclusion align with Minnesota State University, Mankato’s goals”, the school asks.
” Demonstrated ability to serve a diverse population and apply an equity lens to this position including social justice and/or anti-racism” and” Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching chemistry” are both listed as “minimum qualifications.’
According to the university, the diversity statement and other application materials, such as prior research, are given no” specific weight” as they claim.
” At Minnesota State University, Mankato, the employee hiring process reflects the University’s vision, which includes improving a diverse community and world, and its core values, which includes ‘ diversity in who we are and what we do,'” spokesman Daniel Benson told The College Fix via email.
He claimed that no particular weight is given to each of the required statements or other required material because “every submitted material is taken into account when reviewing applications.”
Following the conclusion of the original article, The Fix asked how the executive order limiting DEI in higher education might impact the job openings. We are an open-access institution supporting all students as they pursue their educational goals, according to Benson, and the language of the order is unclear.
American Chemical Society ‘ all in’ on DEI, professor says
According to an emeritus chemistry professor at Florida International University, the organization has been” all in” on DEI, as the job is listed on the American Chemical Society website. According to Professor John Landrum, who spoke to The Fix shortly after the order was released and in response to questions about this position, it is still unclear how that will need to change as a result of the Trump EO on DEI.
The ACS lists” inclusion and belonging” as a” core value.”
Professor Landrum has previously criticized an academic paper that called for a “feminism” “STEM class proposal.
He made note of the job posting before Trump’s executive order was released.
” Professor Landrum said,” It may well be that wheels are turning and changes are happening. There is an interval created by the need for’ official’ processes and notification.”
Some job postings in higher education emphasize “equity” and other related concepts.
According to a report from The Fix recently:
A team of University of Pittsburgh scholars found that 48 percent of the roughly 67, 000 job postings within the fields of education, business management, and social and behavioral sciences” were identified as having equity as the principal value…
…” In contrast, quality was identified as the principal value in less than 5 percent of postings, while choice and efficiency are present even more rarely”.
Meanwhile, the University of California Davis required breast cancer surgeon applicants to submit a diversity statement, while not requiring a “teaching” or “research” statement.
It is not just professor and administrator roles that mandate diversity statements, however.
According to The Fix, Eastern Washington University directed applicants for janitorial positions to “attach a diversity response.”
According to documents obtained by The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the statements were used by the University of California Berkeley to weed out candidates.
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