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Some say the hiring guidance elevates secular ideology, while others argue it flows from the university’s Catholic identity.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame is facing a fresh round of criticism after the institute’s chief academic officer told faculty that hiring women and minorities is “equally important” to its mission as is hiring Catholics.
John McGreevy, Notre Dame’s provost, shared the hiring priorities at the start of the spring semester in a Jan. 17 faculty-wide email, which has since been obtained by the Register.
After noting the importance of hiring Catholics and “other faculty deeply committed to our mission,” McGreevy wrote that “a second overlapping and equally important goal is to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities on our faculty so that we become the diverse and inclusive intellectual community our mission urges us to be.”
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame is facing a fresh round of criticism after the institute’s chief academic officer told faculty that hiring women and minorities is “equally important” to its mission as is hiring Catholics.
John McGreevy, Notre Dame’s provost, shared the hiring priorities at the start of the spring semester in a Jan. 17 faculty-wide email, which has since been obtained by the Register.
After noting the importance of hiring Catholics and “other faculty deeply committed to our mission,” McGreevy wrote that “a second overlapping and equally important goal is to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities on our faculty so that we become the diverse and inclusive intellectual community our mission urges us to be.”
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Notre Dame Criticized for Calling Diversity and Catholicism ‘Equally Important’ in Hiring
Some say the hiring guidance elevates secular ideology, while others argue it flows from the university’s Catholic identity.
