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The Daily Iowan http://128.255.60.56/cgi-bin/LivelQue.acgi$rec=3158?Arts THE DAILY TODAY IOWAN Front Page Metro Nation/World Viewpoints Arts Sports Archives Contact us Specials U. Edition Postgame *Classified Online *Letters to the Editor *Ad Info *Subscription Info *DI Stuff Copyright 1999 The Daily Iowan Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Online Since 1996 The Daily Iowan Wednesday, April 14, 1999 Page 8A Guest Opinion-Susan Mask - Standing up for UI diversity policy LEE Strang's recent column questioning the UI's commitment to diversity misses the point ("Questioning whether UI really wants true diversity," DI/March 31). Strang wrongly accuses the UI's Statement on Diversity of being a euphemism for quotas, something that is an inflammatory charge. The UI does not use quotas. The UI's approach to affirmative action has been to throw a wide net in creating a diverse pool of people from which the best candidates and students can be selected. Being qualified for the position is an absolute requirement. Affirmative action was created in response to rampant discrimination, which though often less overt than it was many years ago, is still a persistent problem today. Quotas were often imposed as part of a court-ordered consent decrees in the faces of egregious discrimination by employers. Previously, applicant pools were too limited and applications from minorities and women were unwelcome and frequently disregarded. The recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology acknowledging gender bias in the treatment of women faculty is a present-day reminder of subtle bias that is overlooked because neither perpetrators nor victims want to confront it. Yet, bias still exists, in subtle and not so subtle forms. The UI Statement on Diversity is as follows; "The (UI) values diversity among students, faculty and staff, and 1 of 3 4/15/99 1:27 PM
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The Daily Iowan http://128.255.60.56/cgi-bin/LivelQue.acgi$rec=3158?Arts THE DAILY TODAY IOWAN Front Page Metro Nation/World Viewpoints Arts Sports Archives Contact us Specials U. Edition Postgame *Classified Online *Letters to the Editor *Ad Info *Subscription Info *DI Stuff Copyright 1999 The Daily Iowan Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Online Since 1996 The Daily Iowan Wednesday, April 14, 1999 Page 8A Guest Opinion-Susan Mask - Standing up for UI diversity policy LEE Strang's recent column questioning the UI's commitment to diversity misses the point ("Questioning whether UI really wants true diversity," DI/March 31). Strang wrongly accuses the UI's Statement on Diversity of being a euphemism for quotas, something that is an inflammatory charge. The UI does not use quotas. The UI's approach to affirmative action has been to throw a wide net in creating a diverse pool of people from which the best candidates and students can be selected. Being qualified for the position is an absolute requirement. Affirmative action was created in response to rampant discrimination, which though often less overt than it was many years ago, is still a persistent problem today. Quotas were often imposed as part of a court-ordered consent decrees in the faces of egregious discrimination by employers. Previously, applicant pools were too limited and applications from minorities and women were unwelcome and frequently disregarded. The recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology acknowledging gender bias in the treatment of women faculty is a present-day reminder of subtle bias that is overlooked because neither perpetrators nor victims want to confront it. Yet, bias still exists, in subtle and not so subtle forms. The UI Statement on Diversity is as follows; "The (UI) values diversity among students, faculty and staff, and 1 of 3 4/15/99 1:27 PM
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