MIT to eliminate use of diversity statements in faculty hiring

Let us hope this is the start of a trend:  MIT President Kornbluth said, “We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.”   "Diversity" statements, like "teaching statements," don't work, because talk is cheap and anyone can learn how to recite the required pablum.  Of course, their real purpose was probably not to insure that faculty were "competent" to teach "diverse" students (whatever that means).