November 10, 2006

'Touchy-Feely' Benefits Don't Justify Diversity

To the Editor:

The title of Pamela J. Bernard's essay is a warning: "When Seeking a Diverse Faculty, Watch Out for Legal Minefields" (Diversity in Academic Careers, September 29). Much of what she advises is sound, as far as it goes. But there's one major problem: She thinks that, because the Supreme Court carved a "diversity" exception out of the Constitution and Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for student admissions, there is a similar exception for faculty hiring, which is

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