University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk announced to faculty and staff on Tuesday that the school is dissolving its Division of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access.
The decision is in response to a new state law banning DEI offices and activities at public colleges and universities. UNT is one of the first major schools to publicly announce plans for its DEI programs.
“Senior administrators and I are doing our best to create a plan that ensures we will continue to support all our community members’ needs and take advantage of the talented staff members currently within the division by working to reassign them throughout the university in ways that improve our academic community,” Smatresk wrote in a letter sent out Tuesday morning.
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