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Originally Posted by DrPhil
You call it the Dark Ages and they call it protecting what is theirs. Colleges and universities find ways to do that all of the time, especially private schools. Good for them.
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Can you give other examples of this? I'm not doubting you; I'm honestly curious. I was really taken aback by the whole thing, as nobody has ever told me "you can't apply to this job because you are Jewish" before. While I realize they are private, they certainly get government money, and that seems a strange exception to me.
As I noted above (and you did, too), not all are like this. I spoke with another evangelical Christian university that was more interested in hearing my thoughts on their values than my specific theology. Certainly, I understand that some schools emphasize things like social responsibility, or volunteerism, or community, etc., and they want faculty who fit with those things. That's really different, in my mind, from "you can't have this job unless you believe in Jesus".
For example, are HBCUs allowed to make a blanket statement that they hire only African American faculty? Or do they seek out faculty of all races who understand the history and roles of HBCUs?