The University of Kentucky's president says the school will disband its office promoting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
FILE - The Kentucky Capitol is seen, Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. The University of Kentucky will disband its office promoting diversity and inclusion efforts in response to questions from policymakers that its focus on identity has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday.whether to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities.
“I fully grasp the weight of this decision and its implications, but a centralized approach to this work is no longer right for our institution,” Bennett said in a public letter. Nebraska state lawmakers this year tried to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at state colleges and universities. The bills failed to advance after dozens of critics testified against the proposals.this year in a number of statehouses in red states. For instance, Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature approved a budget bill that would ban all DEI offices and initiatives in higher education that aren’t necessary to comply with accreditation or federal law.
“A true elimination of these DEI policies in our public universities will end the division they promote, and allow our colleges and universities to be the true bastion of free thought we need them to be,” Republican state Sen. Mike Wilson said in a statement.
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