Back in June, Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill establishing a Board of Regents commission to review Iowa’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. As a result, ten recommendations were given, approved by the board late last week.
The changes to Iowa’s DEI programs include eliminating university-wide “DEI functions that are not necessary for compliance or accreditation,” reviewing “all college, department, or unit-level DEI positions to determine whether DEI specific job responsibilities are necessary for compliance, accreditation, or student and employee support services” and eliminating all that are not, and reviewing “the services provided by offices currently supporting diversity or multicultural affairs in other divisions of the university to ensure they are available to all students.”
The new rules prohibit Iowa’s public universities from
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