'Gotta keep it quiet': Dean of students who kept DEI alive at UNC reaps the whirlwind

‘Gotta keep it quiet’: Dean of students who kept DEI alive at UNC reaps the whirlwind


The Supreme Court ruled in June 2023 that the University of North Carolina’s race-based admissions processes could not be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Between the time of the high court’s decision and the Trump administration’s clampdown on federally funded schools with racist policies and programs, the UNC System has taken a number of actions to dismantle its DEI regime.

For instance, the UNC System’s board of governors voted in May 2024 to repeal and replace its policy requiring DEI at all public universities in the state; the university system eliminated scores of DEI-related jobs in September; and the system took further action to eliminate vestigial elements of its DEI regime to comply with the Trump

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