What this basically means is that if you’re not on board with DEI, don’t expect to get promoted.
The College Fix reports:
SDSU faculty vote to include DEI in promotion decisionsSan Diego State University’s faculty senate recently passed a resolution to include diversity criteria in their reappointment, tenure and promotion decisions.The motion passed in early September with 56 yes votes, nine no votes, and 12 abstaining.A diversity requirement already existed that called on faculty to be “responsive” to the needs of diverse student populations.The newly approved language spells out exactly how members of reappointment, tenure and promotion committees should determine whether candidates are in compliance.They are to now use standards developed by their respective academic departments.“Because the university provides access to underrepresented groups as well as traditional groups, the faculty shall be responsive to diverse student populations and needs through teaching, scholarship, research, and/or service, as appropriate, in alignment with department and college diversity plans,” the updated criteria states.SDSU physics Professor Arlette Baljon, who voted against the motion, said her primary objection was linking the existing requirement to college diversity plans, which are “top-down” documents.“The college diversity plans are not approved by faculty in the college,” she told The College Fix via email. “They are constructed by a small hand-picked committee.”Every academic department has its own diversity plan, which they were required to develop after a University Senate resolution was approved in February 2018.“Given these plans have been adopted by every academic unit, virtually everyone should be able to articulate meaningful efforts to support DEI, whether it be participating in an inclusive pedagogy workshop, or taking implicit bias training before participating on a search committee,” the September 2022 meeting agenda stated.New faculty are already expected to submit a diversity statement during the hiring process, the agenda continued, so assessing evidence of their commitment in later performance reviews is “a natural progression.”
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