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DEI statements are absolutely viewpoint statements, and DEI statements are graded according to their adherence to a specific political ideology (and frankly, it

DEI statements are absolutely viewpoint statements, and DEI statements are graded according to their adherence to a specific political ideology (and frankly, it’s closer to a religious ideology than a political one). If a public school’s “organization goals” have extended into the realm of advancing DEI political ideology, then the organization is operating outside its remit.

dragonwriter 4y ago
> DEI statements are absolutely viewpoint statements, No, they aren’t. They are “how have/would/will you achieve specific goals” statements. Some actual prompts (with institution names removed as a distraction here, if included) [0]: “Applicants should submit a statement explaining how their teaching at the College will contribute to a culture of inclusion and campus diversity.” “A description of how the applicant would contribute to the development of a diverse and inclusive learning community at <institution> through her/his teaching, research, and/or service.” “[…] discuss how the candidate would help achieve <institution>’s goal to attract and graduate more women, Hispanic, and students from other underrepresented groups.” “Qualified candidates should submit […] a diversity statement (describing how you incorporate diversity into your teaching, research, and/or service)” “Pursuant to the college’s vision for cultivating a diverse and inclusive community, the search committee will ask all applicants to address how their past and/or potential contributions might serve to advance <institution>’s commitment to teaching and mentoring young people from a variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance.” > If a public school’s “organization goals” have extended into the realm of advancing DEI political ideology, Diversity is well-established (in cases both supporting and striking down particular diversity policies) as a compelling government interest under; promotion of diversity is not outside the remit of public universities, and, therefore, neither is asking prospective employees both their track record on advancing, and their plans going forward to advance, that interest in their work. [0] examples from: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/developing-and-writing-a-diversity-statement/ https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/developing-and-w...
- ModernMech 4y ago
  You are downvotes but you are of course correct. The worst kind of DEI statement you could write would be one that just blindly parrots progressive ideology. Sometimes we get those and they are given a very low score. To say the essay is supposed to express a political viewpoint is to admit one has never been involved in this process.

dragonwriter 4y ago

> DEI statements are absolutely viewpoint statements, No, they aren’t. They are “how have/would/will you achieve specific goals” statements. Some actual prompts (with institution names removed as a distraction here, if included) [0]: “Applicants should submit a statement explaining how their teaching at the College will contribute to a culture of inclusion and campus diversity.” “A description of how the applicant would contribute to the development of a diverse and inclusive learning community at <institution> through her/his teaching, research, and/or service.” “[…] discuss how the candidate would help achieve <institution>’s goal to attract and graduate more women, Hispanic, and students from other underrepresented groups.” “Qualified candidates should submit […] a diversity statement (describing how you incorporate diversity into your teaching, research, and/or service)” “Pursuant to the college’s vision for cultivating a diverse and inclusive community, the search committee will ask all applicants to address how their past and/or potential contributions might serve to advance <institution>’s commitment to teaching and mentoring young people from a variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance.” > If a public school’s “organization goals” have extended into the realm of advancing DEI political ideology, Diversity is well-established (in cases both supporting and striking down particular diversity policies) as a compelling government interest under; promotion of diversity is not outside the remit of public universities, and, therefore, neither is asking prospective employees both their track record on advancing, and their plans going forward to advance, that interest in their work. [0] examples from: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/developing-and-writing-a-diversity-statement/ https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/developing-and-w...

ModernMech 4y ago
You are downvotes but you are of course correct. The worst kind of DEI statement you could write would be one that just blindly parrots progressive ideology. Sometimes we get those and they are given a very low score. To say the essay is supposed to express a political viewpoint is to admit one has never been involved in this process.