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 findsFaced 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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