Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A two-page diversity statement listing the candidate's mentoring of underrepresented students and planned curricular changes
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A statement listing only demographic identity is not a diversity statement in the contribution-focused sense
Editorial commentary
Diversity statements are evaluated on substantive past actions and concrete future plans, not on personal demographic disclosure. Their use has expanded since the late 2010s and remains contested in policy debates; some US states have prohibited diversity-statement requirements at public universities.
References
- UC Berkeley Faculty Search Diversity Statement Guidance
- AAC&U Equity-Minded Practice Framework
Also known as
DEI statement · Equity statement
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
vocab-term="Diversity statement"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/diversity-statement" />json
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"sameAs": [
"DEI statement",
"Equity statement"
],
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}
