1) Does asking for teaching or research statements trivialize teaching or research? 2) Academic freedom gives sovereignty to universities to determine their own curricula, and to faculty to research controversial topics. Neither are threatened by a diversity statement.https://twitter.com/jflier/status/1061400170515054593 …
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People commonly misrepresent academic freedom as "the ability to say anything or behave in any way with impunity." That's incorrect. An institution deciding that diversity matters to them is actually an example of academic freedom, not its suppression.
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