Arizona State U. Administrator Admits School Conceals DEI Instruction Despite Federal Ban
“You’re not going to find very many programs that are going to broadcast it as before because the federal funding for universities, especially state-run universities like ASU”
This is happening in a lot of places. They think they can just wait out the Trump administration.
Campus Reform reports:
ASU administrator admits university is concealing DEI instruction despite federal ban
A recent video shows an official at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe asserting that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs still exist at the school.
The video was released by Accuracy in Media on Jan. 5, and shows ASU official Rebecca Loftus commenting on DEI.
Throughout the video, the official explained that the university does not explicitly use the terms “diversity,” “equity,” or “inclusion,” but that the ideology underlying DEI remains in place.
“Most of our faculty do tend to be a little more on the liberal side,” Loftus stated. “You have to be careful with the language that you use. We’re doing pretty much what we were doing before.”
“So we still have that as part of our college,” Loftus explained, but added that “you’re not going to see the DEI language.”
According to her profile on ASU’s website, Loftus is an associate teaching professor in ASU’s School of Criminology & Criminal Justice (CCJ) who teaches about sex crimes and community corrections.
According to the Goldwater Institute in 2023, DEI has been in place for years at ASU, which required staff to take “inclusive communities” training. Among other measures, ASU imposed DEI requirements in faculty hiring and mandated a DEI course for all journalism students at its Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
In the Accuracy in Media video, Loftus expressed concern about broadcasting diversity-related language for fear of losing federal funding amid the Trump administration’s DEI crackdown.
“You’re not going to find very many programs that are going to broadcast it as before because the federal funding for universities, especially state-run universities like ASU,” she said. “If you have federal funds that are withheld, it really makes a big impact.”
An ASU spokesperson told Campus Reform that the university “complies fully with federal law” and “does not discriminate in admissions or scholarship selections.”
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“Most of our faculty do tend to be a little more on the liberal side,” Loftus stated.”
I think “belonging” is the new code word (dare I say dog whistle) for DEI.
They are committed to DEI, and should be committed, as a result.
“Ally” was a somewhat clever code word for “slave.”
“Belonging” is not nearly as clever.
“Who do you belong to, boy?”