The College Fix By NICHOLAS KELLEY – BOYCE COLLEGE
Researchers say that is a conservative estimate
A new report from the American Enterprise Institute found that nearly 20 percent of university faculty job listings require a pledge of support for diversity.
“Across all 999 jobs [reviewed by the think tank], we find that 19 percent require diversity statements, while 68 percent include the terms ‘diversity’ or ‘diverse’ in some fashion, often as a way of describing the university environment,” the report said.
And the researchers told The College Fix that the number is a conservative estimate and they were not surprised with the results.
“I was not surprised to learn that 1 in 5 jobs require diversity statements,” James Paul told The College Fix via an email interview. “But we had a conservative system for identifying such requirements, and I’m sure that our counts are a lower-bound estimate.”…
