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UC Berkley gives precedence to diversity statements in hiring process: A person’s candidacy is terminated if their statement does not reach a set cut-off score.
Rather than promoting diversity, this process serves to promote ideological conformity. whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/12/31/lif…
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Paul Graham
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These remind me of the loyalty oaths that were used to weed out heretics during the 1950s. Interestingly, also in the University of California system.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_o…
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Nicole Barbaro
@NicoleBarbaro
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I’m curious how this would be viewed in court given that theres more subjectivity in the process (candidates write a statement to be judged rather than sign a standard statement). Based on how the Harvard admissions case went tho I anticipate this to be in practice for a while.
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Nicole Barbaro
@NicoleBarbaro
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I think this will move to the courts as the Harvard admission discrimination case did
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Mélise Marie
@Meliseymo
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This is disgusting if you all are complaining that hiring practices value diversity in their candidates. Ideological diversity? Give me a break. Race intersects with other identities & is tied to recent historical events (e.g. Jim Crow) that make for underrepresentation today.
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Dr. Joyce G Chery
@chery_joyce
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Hi Mélise! I understand your frustration. Did you get a chance to read the blog post? I think there are some interesting points being made.
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Desi-Rae Thinking
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Of course that would be the outcome. I hope the public takes these incidents as indicators of falling standards. But consequences will play out over a long time scale. So a university's reputation might stay in tact for a while, assuming they don't wake up and correct the mistake
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Collin Edwards
@Edwards_evoeco
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"Candididacy is terminated" feels like a very alarming way of saying "doesn't progress to the next stage of getting hired". When 120 people apply for a job, 119 of them have their candidacies terminated.
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Collin Edwards
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Having been on a search committee at a different school, diversity statements can cover commitment to enhancing diversity in many different dimensions. There's no more ideology filtering there than a CV demonstrating a commitment to research.
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Boo-Boo
@ThemanfromK
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This is truly frightening stuff. Orwellian.
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