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Christian university posts ‘diversity’ job after scrubbing DEI report from site
College Fix ^ | July 23, 2025 | Gabrielle Temaat

Posted on 07/24/2025 7:45:03 AM PDT by george76

New hire will assist with Office of Diversity

Samford University in Alabama is advertising a job for a “diversity” staffer after removing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” references from its website following media inquiries.

“The Program Coordinator for the Office of Student Success and Diversity will … work collaboratively to create an inclusive campus environment where all students feel welcomed, valued, and supported,” the job description states.

The coordinator will plan and implement “diversity-focused programs and events that promote cultural awareness, engagement, and belonging among students, faculty, and staff,” it states.

The description also states that the new hire will assist with the Office of Diversity. The university prefers that candidates have “training that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of diversity and inclusion principles.”

The private Christian university deleted the job posting from its website following inquiries from 1819 News. However, the listing is still accessible on external job platforms.

Meanwhile, “Supporters of the university and board members were told emphatically that the school does not have an active diversity, equity and inclusion program,” 1819 News reported.

The school also removed a DEI report from its website earlier this year following questions from the outlet.

Samford’s DEI program originated from its Racial Justice Task Force.

The task force’s final report stated that it aimed to integrate “concepts of race, racism, justice, equity, and racial justice as permanent and easily recognized components of the curricular experience for all Samford undergraduate and graduate students.”

The report stated that “As of April 2023, over 90% of the expected initiatives have either been completed or in Progress.”

When 1819 News inquired about this report, the university scrubbed the document from its website.

The new job posting’s responsibilities reflect the Racial Justice Task Force’s recommendations and initial drafts of the school’s Diversity Action Plan, 1819 News reported.

Samford President Beck Taylor recently criticized press coverage of the university’s DEI initiatives and announced that the Board of Trustees voted to confirm the university’s commitment to “biblical justice,” The College Fix previously reported.

In a private speech to faculty, Taylor referred to 1819’s articles as an attempt to “stir the pot among some who think that any mention of racism and sexism in our culture and in our educational institutions is a violation of some newly imagined social contract that magically eliminates the need to continue to educate students on important elements of our history and of our current lived experience.”

The outlet’s previous coverage highlighted initiatives like faculty bias trainings, the Task Force on Racial Justice, and a professor’s artwork that uses torn Bible pages to critique the church’s historical complicity in racial injustice.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; alabama; dei; diversity; education; woke

1 posted on 07/24/2025 7:45:03 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Another college administrator with no teaching duties with an eleven or twelve month contract at a good starting salary.


2 posted on 07/24/2025 7:47:21 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: george76
That would be Samford University in Alabama, not Sanford University in Ca.
3 posted on 07/24/2025 7:57:39 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: george76

Left-wing Baptists. The worst of the worst. Also open-borders fanatics.


4 posted on 07/24/2025 8:01:50 AM PDT by montag813
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To: george76

This is EXACTLY why I don’t immediately celebrate victories in this area - if these monsters are left in their positions, they will ALWAYS come up with workarounds.

Parents of school age kids, you can take my word for the above, or find out the hard way.


5 posted on 07/24/2025 8:10:50 AM PDT by BobL
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To: george76

“Diversity” has come to mean that while blacks are 13% of the population, they are 75% of those pictured in tv ads, and of those, 100% are the smart one or the good guy, while the stupid one or the criminal is a white man.


6 posted on 07/24/2025 8:22:16 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Think about it: The Supreme Court is nine lawyers appointed for life by politicians. —David Horowitz)
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To: george76

OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS

LEFT HAND: MEET RIGHT HAND


7 posted on 07/24/2025 8:30:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: george76

OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS

LEFT HAND: MEET RIGHT HAND


8 posted on 07/24/2025 8:31:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: george76

In a private speech to faculty, Taylor referred to 1819’s articles as an attempt to “stir the pot among some who think that any mention of racism and sexism in our culture and in our educational institutions


It is the LACK of discussion of merit that concerns us.

Is there a dept of merit?


9 posted on 07/24/2025 9:21:31 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Albion Wilde

DEI is a well thought out strategy. Lower the cultural I.Q. Those of European white heritage must be slowly removed. They pose the greatest threat to Marxism. It is an uncomfortable truth.


10 posted on 07/24/2025 9:29:03 AM PDT by Right Brother (I don't really care Margaret.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Which one was the 70s TV show?


11 posted on 07/24/2025 2:24:35 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie

I have no clue as to what you are asking about?


12 posted on 07/24/2025 2:29:13 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: montag813

Yeah one has to be constantly on their guard even with “Christian” organizations. My wife attended a conference in Hamilton, ON and one of the presenters said Bible stories are not to be considered anything but allegories. At the conference hosted by a Christian school society.


13 posted on 07/24/2025 3:47:29 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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