I’m applying to a TT position at a Jesuit SLAC. The job description specifically asks that the cover letter address how I would contribute to their mission (I won’t post the mission here for the sake of anonymity, but it’s a Catholic school). I’m not a Catholic myself, but it’s a pretty free-thinking school in a very liberal area of the northeast, so I’m not too concerned there.
I’m just not sure what the norm/expectation is for addressing this kind of thing in my cover letter. I could give lots of information, explain how I’m not Catholic but feel my values align with the school, spend a whole paragraph or more on it, etc. etc..
Or, I could just include a couple of sentences about it in my conclusion and allude to the fact that I’ve read their mission statement and agree with it.
Anyone have experience with this sort of thing?