Two Benedictine Catholic universities in Minnesota quietly scrubbed Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) requirements from an online job solicitation after public attention.
Campus Reform reported that Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict published a joint posting seeking a visiting assistant professor in political science that specifically listed “Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion” as a required qualification.
DEI normally includes affirmation and “representation” of homosexuality and transgenderism, which are fundamentally at odds with Catholic teaching, and more generally its emphasis on identity-based divisions and grievances often leads to conflict with traditional Christian morality. Yet the schools in question have adopted “ambitious goals to embed Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice principles into the core fabric of the institutions” in their joint DEIJ Strategic Plan.
That plan defines “diversity” as the “presence of the range of human differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs. It is the lived experience with ‘the other’ in our midst.” It recognizes sex as “assigned at birth,” and considers privilege an “unearned advantage that comes from historical oppression of other groups.”
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