U. Pennsylvania Changes DEI Job Titles Amid Federal Crackdown
“I write today to provide guidance to sustain our missions while ensuring Penn complies with federal law”
This is meaningless if all they’re doing is changing the words.
Campus Reform reports:
University of Pennsylvania removes DEI position titles amid federal crackdown
Following the Trump administration’s crackdown on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education, the University of Pennsylvania recently eliminated more than a dozen DEI position titles.
Many DEI positions have been renamed so that they no longer contain references to “diversity” or “inclusion,” according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.
For instance, one position previously entitled “Associate Vice Provost for University Life — Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging” has been renamed to “Associate Vice Provost for University Life for Student Success and Engagement.”
Another position previously called “Vice Dean for Diversity Equity and Inclusion” has been rebranded as the “Vice Dean for Academic Excellence and Engagement.”
Following President Trump’s anti-DEI executive order, University of Pennsylvania Interim President J. Larry Jameson wrote that the school would attempt to “sustain” its “missions” while complying with federal law.
“I write today to provide guidance to sustain our missions while ensuring Penn complies with federal law,” Jameson explained. “Given the rapidly changing landscape, we are also reviewing our policies, programs, and practices.”
“We have initiated a review of our programs in this area to ensure that they are both consistent with the new federal government guidance and Executive Orders, federal, state, and local law, and our values,” the university wrote on its website about the changes. “We remain committed to providing a respectful and welcoming environment to our faculty, staff, and students.”
Every University of Pennsylvania graduate school has removed references to DEI, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Last month, the university decided to remove DEI references from its medical school’s web page, according to CBS News. Pennsylvania State Sen. Anthony Williams said at the time that “it seemed like the university was concerned about the potential financial impact from the current administration’s stance.”
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Close it, raze it, plow it, plant it.
You got along for a century or more without that “mission,” but now it’s somehow existential?
The consequence is clear – UPENN will be denied a lot of Federal funding. President Trump is not going to be mocked by the elites.