A growing number of schools are axing DEI, but the University of Iowa became the latest to restructure its office while attempting to preserve the ideology.
Back in mid-March more than a month before the Iowa Legislature passed a bill imposing on Iowa’s public universities sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion restrictions that go beyond directives from their governing Board of Regents Republican lawmakers sought a DEI update from the campuses.
AMES — Presidents of the state’s public universities told the Iowa Board of Regents Thursday they are eliminating departments and positions related to diversity, equity and inclusion and looking to support students on a more individualized basis. Iowa State University, University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa have been working since the fall to […] The post State universities eliminate, reorganize DEI offices to meet Regents directives appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.