As Republicans attack diversity, equity and inclusion programs at colleges, the state’s flagship universities are doing everything they can to assure future students and faculty that they are still committed to diversity while also placating GOP leaders.
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College presidents have responded by appealing to politicians who hold the fate of the budgets in their hands, while also trying to assure students and faculty that they are not retreating from efforts to be more representative of what the state’s population looks like. efforts after Abbott sent warning letters to all public colleges on the issue. The Texas A&M University System also announced last month that it was banning requirements for jobs or admissions candidates to submit DEI statements as part of their applications.
State Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, said Republicans are putting universities leaders in a terrible position where they are afraid to say anything.An uncertain future for the programsschools are risking violating the law by manipulating DEI requirements“What we’ve seen in our universities is DEI practices that are there for political purposes, advancing political agendas,” Abbott, a UT graduate, said in awith Hearst Newspapers.
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