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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by spacemanspiff01 on Sunday May 05, 2024 @07:07PM (#40269449)
Would it make more sense to have a generic statement, where one could do more dei side or it could be reaching out to undergraduates.

Basically, a "aside from your teaching and research ability, what have you done to improve your campus that would make us want to hire you"

It's much more ambiguous, on what is valuable.

(I have no idea what the hiring process is like, just a random thoughts)

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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by eru on Sunday May 05, 2024 @10:13PM (#40270507)
The exact question doesn't even matter that much. They could just as well give you a blank page.

What's more important is how they grade and rank you and make decisions. Eg imagine they only hired you if filled that blank page with a picture of the Pope, even if there are no explicit instructions or questions asking for it.

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