There was a time when merit and experience were the key requisites for advancement , but of course that is all gone under the banner of diversity, or as I like to refer to it designed society for liberals by Liberals. There was never any question that universities were going down this road, as the feds were holding a gun to their heads in the form of denied funding if they don't fall into line. Prescribed beliefs and adherence to those beliefs are the stuff of societies that are not democratic in nature, and so these moves by the current government tend to grate more then a little.