Schools across country disbanding DEI programs in droves; education expert explains why Fox News
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HarvardUniversitystudentAlexBernatsaystheencampmentoncampusisdisruptivetostudentlifeandblatantlyantisemitic.
InthewakeoftheSupremeCourt’sdecisionlastsummertobanaffirmativeactionpracticesincollegeadmissions,inadditiontovariousstatelegislationandmountingpoliticalpressure,agrowingnumberofinstitutionsforhigherlearningaredismantlingtheirdiversity,equityandinclusion(DEI)programsandpractices.
TheChronicleofHigherEducationhastrackedchangesat158collegecampusesin22statessinceJanuary2023,sayingthetracker“collectschangesthatpubliccollegeshavemadetooffices,jobs,training,diversitystatements,andotherDEI-relatedactivitiesastheresultofbills,executiveorders,systemmandates,andotherstate-levelactions.”
Mostrecently,theUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHillBoardofTrusteesdismantleditsDEIprogramsandtransferredmillionsinfundinginsteadtopublicsafetyandcampuspoliceontheheelsof sweepinganti-Israeldemo