The University of California system has wisely decided this month to end its requirement that faculty job applicants submit a ...

Staffers applying for roles at the university will no longer be required to submit a statement on how they plan to contribute ...

Katherine Newman, the UC provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, said in a Wednesday letter to campus leaders that requirements to submit diversity statements may cause potential ...

The decision came from the UC Board of Regents, who are currently gathered at UCLA in their first meeting since the federal ...

“The requirement to submit a diversity statement may lead applicants to focus on an aspect of their candidacy that is outside their expertise or prior experience,” said Provost Katherine ...

The University of California will no longer require diversity statements for faculty applicants, university leaders announced. The change comes as the Trump administration has ...

According to the Los Angeles Times, the change was announced by the university’s provost executive vice president for academic affairs Katherine Newman, in a letter Wednesday to academic ...

The University of California will no longer require diversity statements in faculty hiring, provost Katherine Newman said ...

But the system’s board of regents has directed UC President Michael Drake to “ensure that diversity statements are no longer required” for new applicants, Provost Katherine Newman wrote in a ...