The UNC System Board of Governors has voted to repeal a five-year-old policy mandating diversity, equity and inclusion offices on each of its 17 campuses, paving the way for diversity jobs to by cut systemwide. UNC system spends at least $90 million per year for some 686 staffers for DEI.
The axed policy had also required the UNC system office plus all UNC universities to work toward DEI goals. The 24-member board voted by voice; two black trustees voted no on the new policy, WRAL Raleigh reported.
The vote prompted protests near the meeting, some of which become violent, according to reporters on the scene.
The vote replaced the repealed policy with a new one that “calls for each institution to certify by Sept. 1 that it ‘fully complies with the university’s commitment to institutional neutrality and nondiscrimination,’” the news station reported, adding:
It requires each school to “include a report on reductions in force and spending, along with changes to job titles and position descriptions, undertaken as a result of implementing this policy and how those savings achieved … can be redirected to initiatives related to student success and wellbeing.”
In an information sheet handed out by the Board of Governors after the vote, it said “the goal of this policy is not necessarily to cut jobs, but to move our universities away from administrative activism on social and political debates. It is going to take some time to determine how many positions could be modified or discontinued to ensure that institutions are aligning with this revised policy.”
The new policy places an emphasis on equality, stating that “each be treated as an individual deserving of dignity and inclusion.” In defining diversity, it lists “backgrounds, beliefs, viewpoints, abilities, culture and traditions.”
The move puts DEI jobs on the chopping block.
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