Religious college pushes diversity

[rug]

CHICAGO — An Illinois college affiliated with the United Church of Christ has become the first school in the U.S. to ask prospective students about their sexual orientation.

Elmhurst College, just west of Chicago, said the addition to the school's 2012-13 application is aimed at promoting diversity on campus, and answering it is optional.

"We ask a lot of question in admissions, so we thought, why not ask about this, too?" Dean of Admissions Gary Rold said. "We consider this another form of diversity."

The question reads: "Would you consider yourself to be a member of the LGBT community?"

http://www.northjersey.com/news/129863193_Religious_college_pushes_diversity.html

[deacon_sephiroth]

1. Glad I read the whole story

I was worried about discrimination as opposed to diversity, but there is an option to decline answering, and they say it's a scholarship opportunity (an exploitable one, but one nonetheless) so I guess I'll just have to learn to relax for 5 seconds.