Professors who want tenure or promotion at the University of Illinois will have to submit a statement declaring how they support diversity, equity, inclusion and access, reports Colleen Flaherty on Inside Higher Ed. diversity statement,” she writes. It’s a throwback to the 1950’s, when professors were forced to sign anti-communist loyalty oaths, writes Charles Lipson, an emeritus professor of political science, on Real Clear Politics. To get or keep a job, professors “must pl