Well Wisconsin no longer has a Diversity, Equity and Education achievement division.......
I know it isn’t D,E I, but it’s pretty dang close eh??
The controversial Division of Diversity, Equity and Education Achievement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is closing, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced this week.
But a majority of the programs and staff members in the division will be moved to other departments at the university.
“Diversity of all kinds, including diversity of viewpoint and diversity of identity and background, remains a core value of our university,” Mnookin said in a statement. “We must create the conditions here, including through programs and support services, that allow all of our students, faculty and staff to flourish and to reach their full potential.”
Mnookin said employee support will be relocated to the Office of Human Resources and staff members focusing on institutional data collection will join Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research.
UW-Madison spokesperson John Lucas said about 100 employees worked in the DEI division. “Fewer than 10” employees in administrative support, event support and communications received a layoff notice Wednesday.
UW-Madison is not eliminating any scholarships or support programs for minority students, Lucas said.
DEI, short for diversity, equity and inclusion, programs at universities have been under fire for months from Republican leaders in the state Legislature and the Trump administration, which has alleged racial discrimination at UW-Madison.
https://www.wpr.org/news/uw-madison-closes-dei-division-moves-programs