Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is eliminating the requirement for prospective tenure-track faculty members to submit a statement on how they will promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
Dean of Faculty Affairs and Planning Nina Zipser announced the change Monday, stating that it came about in response to numerous faculty members who said the requirement could be confusing for foreign applicants and was “too narrow in the information they attempted to gather,” according to the Harvard Crimson.
“This broader perspective acknowledges the many ways faculty contribute to strengthening their academic communities, including efforts to increase diversity, inclusion, and belonging,” Zipser wrote, defending the move.
Instead, applicants who are finalists will be required to submit two other documents: a service statement focused on their “efforts to strengthen…
