Critics are celebrating its end, while supporters say they're concerned the university is capitulating to the Trump ...

Kenny Choi reports on the University of California system ending its requirement for "diversity statements" during its hiring ...

Administrators of the University of California higher educational system on Wednesday eliminated an element of its hiring process that required job applicants to submit diversity statements, reported ...

The Trump administration's horrific war on higher education evokes the McCarthyist purges of the mid-20th century. But ...

The decision ends a UC practice requiring job applicants to submit written testimonials about how they have worked to enhance ...

The University of California (UC) has become the latest high-profile school to drop diversity statements from its hiring practices. On Wednesday, the university’s provost Katherine S.

The University of California will no longer allow diversity statements to be used for faculty hiring, the system announced this week – abandoning a controversial practice that UC spearheaded for ...

By Vimal Patel The University of California said on Wednesday that it would stop requiring the use of diversity statements in hiring, a practice praised by some who said it made campuses more ...

Regents announced on March 19, 2025, that diversity statements are banned in the faculty hiring process at UC campuses. Like Columbia University and many others across the country, the UC system made ...

Statement by UC Board of Regents Chair Janet Reilly on the use of diversity statements in university hiring processes (3/20/25) Frequently asked questions on diversity, equity and inclusion at the ...

The latest action comes after the U.S. Department of Education said it was investigating 52 universities for alleged racial ...

and University of California, Irvine. More: These universities are in Trump's crosshairs. Many don’t know why. Since taking ...