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From: Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Subject: Race on Campus: The latest weapon against DEI: bureaucracy

To stamp out diversity work in higher ed, lawmakers are adding oversight.

Republicans believe banning DEI in higher education is not enough. In some states, lawmakers have enacted an additional oversight to monitor administrators and professors at public institutions where bans are in place. Our Maggie Hicks explains.
Shaun Harper’s public profile has grown along with the surge in diversity, equity, and inclusion work at colleges. But as the pendulum swings the other way and lawmakers attack DEI, Harper, head of the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center, is coming face-to-face with the destruction of the practices he’s championed. Our J. Brian Charles profiles Harper.

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To stamp out diversity work in higher ed, lawmakers are adding oversight.

Illustration showing a professional woman looking at a book on a desk, surrounding by spying eyes — Lily Padula for The Chronicle ReviewLily Padula for The Chronicle

Republicans believe banning DEI in higher education is not enough. In some states, lawmakers have enacted an additional oversight to monitor administrators and professors at public institutions where bans are in place. Our Maggie Hicks explains.
Shaun Harper’s public profile has grown along with the surge in diversity, equity, and inclusion work at colleges. But as the pendulum swings the other way and lawmakers attack DEI, Harper, head of the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center, is coming face-to-face with the destruction of the practices he’s championed. Our J. Brian Charles profiles Harper.

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