Are UNC Schools Complying with the New DEI Policy?

James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | September 9, 2024 | Ashlynn Warta

[karpov]

Anyone who is keeping up with the latest happenings in higher education knows that this year has seen many institutions backpedaling on DEI programs. From Florida limiting public funding for DEI at its colleges, to the University of Wyoming closing its DEI office, to schools in Kansas, Idaho, and Oklahoma enforcing bans and limitations, the public’s patience with the Left’s “diversity” schemes seems finally to be running out.

In May of this year, the UNC System joined these ranks when the Board of Governors repealed and replaced Section 300.8.5 of the policy manual, thus effectively banning DEI offices, employees, and funding. The intention of the new policy was “to reaffirm the University’s commitment to nondiscrimination, equality of opportunity, institutional neutrality, academic freedom, and student success.”

The repealed section of the UNC policy manual, put into effect in September 2019, required the implementation of DEI within the entire UNC System and its constituent institutions, a mandate that included DEI staff, offices, and trainings. Now, less than five years later, the system is changing course and, instead of pushing DEI, is bolstering institutional neutrality and academic freedom.

The new policy affirms six main points that impact both students and employees: nondiscrimination, equality of all persons and viewpoints, free speech and expression, academic freedom, student success and employee wellbeing, and, finally, institutional neutrality. Following the adoption of the new policy, legal guidance was released discussing in further detail what can be expected during the implementation period on campuses: “Implementing the Policy will require changes in practices across the University—some of which developed and grew as constituent institutions implemented the original version of Section 300.8.5.”

The most obvious result of the new policy is that DEI offices at all constituent institutions are required to close.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[PIF]

So far it appears its just a rearrangement of the deck chairs.

[17th Miss Regt]

No one with eyes to see is thinking that anything will really change. DIE is a religion.

[Recompennation]

DEI is still “big” deal
Up front or back end
no need to portend
Better fed migrants
Are part of the STEAL

ps:
Ya’ll must not survive

[GOPJ]

We’re shutting down DEI on college and university campuses all over the state of Florida. Ron DeSantis isn’t putting up with this unAmerican commie crap... and yeah, we’re winning.

DEI has nothing to do with race and everything to do with placing incompetent, easy to manipulate idiots in high position jobs. Want to know how the FBI was corrupted decades ago? Commie inspired white guilt even before DEI formalized the process to become the ‘go to’ system of infiltration.