Colorado State U. Students Protest Changes to DEI Courses

Colorado State U. Students Protest Changes to DEI Courses

I think students just look for an excuse to skip classes.

From CBS News:

Hundreds of students at Colorado State University skipped classes on Wednesday afternoon in order to participate in a protest outside of the university’s administration building. Students marched from the Lori Student Center to the CSU Oval in order to express their frustrations with CSU’s plans to follow White House directives around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

CSU’s president, Amy Parsons, wrote students to notify them of plans to adhere to directives from the Trump administration. Those include changes to university websites, staffing and resources around some DEI platforms. Parsons noted that one third of the university’s funding comes from the federal government.

“The university has already begun to act in compliance. They are preemptively complying with this fascist anti-intellectual and epistemic forms of violence,” said Ella Smith, CSU student and member of the coalition for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Smith was one of several who helped organize the student protest and march on Wednesday. She said she feels the university administration is making decisions that protect themselves and not the students they serve.

“I can understand how (Parsons) can see that she has her hands tied, but I completely disagree with any idea that Amy Parsons has her hands tied,” Smith said. “The university administration is not willing to stand up for its students. We pay so much money to go here.”

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