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

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

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 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 ...

The University of California system’s abandonment of a policy that it pioneered is a turning point in higher education.

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 announced on March 19, 2025, that it will no longer require diversity statements as part of its faculty hiring process. The decision comes amid increasing federal pressure ...

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 ...

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 ...