A faculty vote that would have required University of Washington professors seeking tenure or advancement to sign a statement supporting a uniform diversity, equity, and inclusion statement has failed – and at least one conservative professor calls the vote itself “a fight for the soul of UW.”
UW Professor of Atmospheric Science Cliff Mass told Friday’s Dori Monson Show listeners that the ballot issue earlier this month needed at least a two-thirds majority to pass. Instead, the employment requirement statement failed when nearly 40% of faculty either rejected it or abstained.
“If you wanted to be a full professor or advance in any way,” Mass told Dori, “the Diversity,
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