tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944513327283802005.post4004522549967390303..comments2023-08-08T00:37:45.098-07:00Comments on A Philosophy Job Market Blog: If You Should Fall in Love With Me, How Bad Could it Be?Pseudonymous Grad Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00627480292942427387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944513327283802005.post-46942077049641855092007-05-11T07:55:00.000-07:002007-05-11T07:55:00.000-07:00Let the religionist answer: private colleges can d...Let the religionist answer: private colleges can do basically whatever they want. Denominational schools can absolutely discriminate on the basis of faith, or make various demands.<BR/><BR/>Now the tricky part: some schools (like the various "Name of State" Wesleyan Universities, founded by the United Methodist) are simply SLACs or universities with a historical connection to a denomination, and no requirements, and some of them are places anyone would want to teach. Tons of Catholic schools (not all) fall into this category. <BR/><BR/>You have to fish around, sometimes on the website through mission statements and the like. For religion scholars, happily, the job ads usually flag it ("must be willing to sign statement of faith" / "model blahblahblah"). But look at the boilerplate and see if there is a truncated version of something like "Wheaton College is an evangelical protestant Christian liberal arts college whose faculty members affirm a Statement of Faith and the moral and lifestyle expectations of our Community Covenant. Wheaton College complies with federal and state guidelines of nondiscrimination in employment; women and minorities are encouraged to apply."<BR/><BR/>Of course Wheaton is famous, so they don't need to tell us this, but this isn't "Jesuit school with awesome scholars" kind of boilerplate... <BR/>--New ScotlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944513327283802005.post-18620194960708306832007-05-11T06:40:00.000-07:002007-05-11T06:40:00.000-07:00WTF?! How is this even legal?!WTF?! How is this even legal?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com