We were allocated a government-mandated hotel, and told to wait in a holding area.
Once processed we were led to a coach. Members of the Australian army lined the route to make sure no one tried to escape.
As a dean of a major academic institution, I could not have said this. But I will now. Requiring such statements in applications for appointments and promotions is an affront to academic freedom, and diminishes the true value of diversity, equity of inclusion by trivializing it. https://t.co/NfcI5VLODi
— Jeffrey Flier (@jflier) November 10, 2018