Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion work at colleges is under attack. State lawmakers across the nation have passed laws aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion work at public colleges. Here you’ll find a collection of stories, opinion pieces, and advice columns on DEI where can understand what potential DEI policy changes mean for you, and answer questions like:
- What does DEI mean?
- Where are colleges cutting DEI programs or centers>
- Why is DEI under attack at colleges?
Diversity
Weber State wants to be an “emerging HSI,” but a new state law prevents administrators from doing almost anything explicit to bolster its Latino enrollment.
Newly Updated
We’ve documented actions taken on dozens of campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid mounting political pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.
Dismantling DEI
Board leaders said the action would force administrators to support all students “regardless of their identifying characteristics.”
The Review | Opinion
When faculty members don’t do their jobs, the state must step in.
Data
While many changes have been made as a result of state-level directives, more colleges are eliminating diversity offices and staff even when they aren’t required to do so.
Top Stories
Department drama. Faculty firings. Gordon Gee. Parking fees. We look back on the higher-ed topics and stories that drew the most attention.
What's In Three Words?
Traditionally a leader in promoting diversity, it says the shift would focus on student success.
Diversity Efforts
A vice president warned at the tense meeting that the incoming Congress will “use whatever tools they have” to eliminate identity-conscious diversity initiatives: “We may have to trim sails.”
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The Review | Essay
Bureaucrats are overcomplying with state DEI laws. Faculty must fight back.