Not a fan of the place. But they certainly deserve credit for being forthcoming with this.
It's getting out in front of any accusations which may paint this past in a less flattering light. It's catering to exactly the kind of hyper-liberal social views and politics likely shared by their most generous donors, current and future staff and students, academia, and the US government. All of this in service to the growing gospel of diversity is very fashionable at the moment.
The solution is not to demand that "the institutions" do something to atone for their blasphemous behavior; rather for individuals to introspect on their own behavior and the innumerable ways in which they, too, are guilty, before pointing the finger at others.
I find it immensely aggravating when those who call for large scale social action seem incapable of observing the very same tenets they espouse during small scale, every day encounters.
It’s not exactly new information. What’s your point?