Nearly 90 Universities Have Rebranded Their DEI Offices, According to Survey
“Diversity apparatchiks in taxpayer-funded schools are busily rebranding themselves so as to remain in place.”
You’ll notice that the emphasis here is on the words, rather than the actual policies.
The College Fix reports:
Nearly 90 universities have rebranded their DEI offices, College Fix survey finds
Faced with pressure to eliminate their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, colleges and universities across the nation opted to rebrand such efforts as opposed to eliminating them altogether, a College Fix survey found.
While many universities did close their DEI offices, a large chunk opted to rename or revamp them, but kept a lot of the same employees and goals. In some cases, there were some staff reassignments and other bureaucratic shuffling, such as integration into other departments.
The survey looked at news reports, press releases and institutional websites to determine that over the last two years, at least 87 schools effectively renamed their DEI offices.
In contrast, 78 schools appeared to actually close their DEI offices and did not launch a similar program. In these cases, some employees or positions were terminated. Many of these closures were located in Republican strongholds.
The full findings, including hyperlinks to source material, can be accessed on The College Fix’s tracking spreadsheet.
The findings illustrate a strategy among many institutions to maintain DEI programs under less controversial terminology more palpable to the masses and that follows the law, as many of these moves were prompted by state legislation, federal guidance or executive orders.
In addition to Republican-controlled states passing laws in recent years to curb DEI in higher education, President Donald Trump in January issued an executive order deeming the divisive ideology a violation of civil rights and discrimination laws.
The rebrandings appear to be a possible compliance tactic to satisfy such directives without fully dismantling a DEI ideology on campus. Some of the new terms used to take the place of DEI include offices focused on “Belonging,” “Student Success,” “Community,” “Access,” “Engagement,” or “Inclusive Excellence.”
Smoke and mirrors
“Diversity apparatchiks in taxpayer-funded schools are busily rebranding themselves so as to remain in place. Case Western Reserve University replaced its old ‘Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement’ with a new ‘Office for Campus Enrichment and Engagement,’” scholar Heather Mac Donald pointed out in a recent speech.
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yes some might even go as far as to rebrand themselves with honesty such as:
the ha ha fu taxpayers department
DEI is such a fraud.
“Discrimination is not illegal when we do it!”
Trial, conviction, sentencing. Time served.
First swiftly revoke federal funding for at least a year.
rebranded……
appears Harvard’s the only one of the Ivy League to appear on the list
How about we get rid of “student success” support altogether. Life is competitive, and where some students fail, others succeed. We want to move on the ones who persistently need extra help, because it diminishes the educational experience of the rest and cheapens the credential received at the end.
A little temporary help over the rough spots is normal. But it should be limited. Students are not prevented from getting outside counseling, but that is their problem not the university’s. And that counseling should not be closely tied into the university and its expectations.
I learned last weekend to not play the “woke word” drinking game at a commencement. On a plus note, with the no Kings protest going on, it was easy to find a table at the restaurant.